The Palestinian Authority government, hailed by the United States as a democracy, has jailed a Hamas-linked journalist after his arrest in connection with covering news in Judea and Samaria. Amer Abu Arfa, a correspondent for the Gaza-based Shihab news agency, was sentenced by a Hevron court to three months in prison and fined 500 Jordanian dinars ($700). He was convicted on charges of “resisting the policies of authorities,” according to Shihab director Rimah Mubarak.
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