Friday, August 26, 2011

More Oppression of Pal. Academia

No, not by "occupying" Israel.

By the Palestinian Authority:-

A prominent Palestinian professor who wrote an article criticizing the university administration where he works was arrested on Thursday by Palestinian Authority security forces in the West Bank...Abdel Sattar Qassem, who works at An-Najah University in Nablus, was ordered to be held in custody for 48 hours following a complaint from the university president, Rami Hamdallah.

...when Qassem arrived at the offices of the PA security forces in Nablus, he was informed of the decision to detain him for 48 hours for allegedly slandering the university by publishing a critical article.

In the article, Qassem criticized the university administration for refusing to comply with a court order rescinding its decision to expel four students.

...Qassem said that the problem was not only with this case, which has been ongoing, “but with the people who see the corruption and don’t do anything. Many officials see themselves as being above the law and justice. Perhaps they want to appoint themselves as gods or emperors, as they see that the educated are keeping silent and the youth movement is largely absent.”

Arab spring back.

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