Palestinian Student Arrested After Facebook Post

posted on: Jan 29, 2015

Palestinian intelligence services arrested a media student yesterday morning for “insulting a public official”.

Bara Al-Qadi, 22, posted a status on Facebook mocking Jibril Rajoub, also known as Abu Rami, who leads the Palestinian Football Federation, after the Palestinian team lost 5-1 to Jordan in the Asian cup.

He wrote on Facebook: “Jibril Rajoub, Abu Rami, should be removed from his position after the humiliating performance of our national team and its 5-1 loss to Jordan. The position should be given instead to a character with greater experience in the sports field such as Captain Maged for example,” referring to the popular Arabic cartoon character.

Source: www.middleeastmonitor.com