The number of Palestinian journalists detained in Israeli prisons has jumped to 28 after the detention of the photographer Amin Siyam from Occupied Jerusalem and the female journalist Bushra al-Tawil from Ramallah on Wednesday.
Palestinian Prisoners Society said in a statement on Wednesday that three of the imprisoned journalists are held under the illegal administrative detention without charges or trials. Besides six others are serving different sentences while the 18 remaining detainees are held in custody pending trial.
The Israeli magistrate court in Occupied Jerusalem extended on Wednesday the detention of prisoner Siyam to next Monday. He was arrested after being summonsed to be questioned by the Israeli intelligence according to his brother.
