UN experts decry arrest of pro-Palestinian American journalist in Switzerland
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U.N. human rights experts and activists condemned on Sunday the arrest of an American, pro-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 ahead of a speech in Zurich, the organisation said in a statement.
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