Ali Abunimah's arrest Saturday ahead of event in Zurich was slammed by UN rapporteurs, rights groups as move against freedom of speech - Anadolu Ajansı

UN special rapporteurs called Abunimah's arrest 'shocking' and 'concerning', and urged Switzerland to investigate the arrest and release the journalist.

UN rights experts have decried the arrest in Switzerland at the weekend of a pro-Palestinian US journalist who raised concerns about waning freedom of speech in Europe.

United Nations human rights experts and activists have condemned the arrest of a prominent Palestinian journalist in the Swiss city of Zurich, saying it raised concerns about freedom of speech. Ali Abunimah – the executive director of online publication Electronic Intifada which calls itself “Palestine’s weapon of mass instruction” – was arrested by Swiss police on Saturday before his speech in Zurich,

GENEVA - U.N. human rights experts and activists on Sunday condemned the arrest of an American, pro-Palestinian journalist in the Swiss city of Zurich, saying it raised concerns about freedom of speech.

The Electronic Intifada’s executive director says his offence was ‘being a journalist who speaks up for Palestine’.

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UNITED Nations human rights experts have condemned the arrest of a prominent Palestinian journalist in Zurich.