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Activists express solidarity with prisoners in Israel
By Petra - Jan 19,2014 - Last updated at Jan 19,2014
AMMAN — The Jordanian youth campaign to support prisoners organised a sit-in on Sunday near the Kalouti Mosque in the Rabiah neighbourhood to express solidarity with Jordanians imprisoned in Israel.
The activists, who were joined by families of some prisoners, called for freeing the detainees and ending their suffering, denouncing measures taken by the Israeli authorities against them.
The participants saluted the prisoners’ steadfastness.
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