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25 August 2010
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8:15pm on Wednesday 25 August 2010, the police arrested five members of the Liberation Party while they were distributing a press statement issued by the party in the Gaza City.
The title of the press statement was 'USA Plays with the Palestinian National Authority by Direct and Indirect Negotiations (PNA) and the PNA Accepts' (informal translation by Al Mezan).
The five members were detained at the Ash-Shija'iya police station, east of Gaza City.
Three hours later, one of them was released.
The rest have still been in detention when this news piece was published (Thursday 26 August afternoon).
All of the detainees are from the Middle Gaza district.
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