"Palestinian journalists have been subjected to detention and abuse at the hands of Palestinian security agencies, a pattern that has led many to self-censor and produced a chilling effect on the free exchange of information and ideas, a human rights group said in a new report.
The group, Human Rights Watch, says in the report, titled “No News Is Good News,” that scores of journalists have been improperly detained and harassed in the West Bank under the Palestinian Authority. It calls on the United States and Europe to condition their support for Palestinian security agencies on the authority’s agreeing to take effective steps to investigate and punish those responsible for torture and other serious abuses."
