Dareen Tatour is a Palestinian poet from Al-Reineh near Nazareth in the Galilee. Dareen Tatour is a Palestinian poet from Al-Reineh near Nazareth in the Galilee. She was arrested on October 10, 2015, spent more than 3 months in prison and is now held “deported” in house arrest under harsh conditions.   Her trial, for a poem and few posts on Facebook, started on Wednesday, April 13.   The case didn’t receive adequate public attenti ...

by Kristin Solberg source: http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736%2814%2961125-9/fulltext The Lancet, Volume 384, Issue 9941, Pages 389 - 390, 2 August 2014, doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(14)61125-9, Published Online: 31 July 2014 The conflict in Gaza has claimed hundreds of civilian lives and damaged or destroyed numerous health facilities. Kristin Solberg, who was in Gaza at the start of the war, reports.   A broken meta ...

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