Atheist Walid Husayin describes West Bank ordeal

A Palestinian atheist who was jailed and beaten last year for expressing anti-Muslim views on Facebook and in blogs says Palestinian security forces are harassing him again, despite government pledges to respect human rights.

Atheist Walid Husayin describes West Bank ordeal

A Palestinian atheist who was jailed and beaten last year for expressing anti-Muslim views on Facebook and in blogs says Palestinian security forces are harassing him again, despite government pledges to respect human rights.

The blogger’s renewed ordeal is part of a persistent climate of intolerance of dissent in the territories controlled by Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas, say human rights activists.

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