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- Country of residence: Palestine
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Lama Khater is a Palestinian journalist and writer who comments frequently on human rights and the Middle East. The mother of five children, she has written for many newspapers and websites such as Felestin. Khater is a vociferous critic of Israel and the Palestinian Authority's political stands.
Ramallah Authority's intelligence service arrested her husband many times trying to stop her writing. On 24 July 2018 Lama Khater was detained in Hebron by the Israeli army and taken to Ashkelon Prison. On 1 August her lawyer reported she was being questioned for 10 hours a day. Other reports state that her interrogations involved her being strapped to a chair for 20 hours at a time. On 23 August her detention order was extended 7 days for further interrogation. She is accused of incitement and belonging to a prohibited organisation.
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