BBC News: Hamas releases British journalist in Gaza
March 11th, 2010Posted by Judith Townend in Editors' pick, Press freedom and ethics
Paul Martin, the British broadcast journalist detained in the Gaza strip on charges of espionage, has been released by Hamas, the BBC reports today.
Hamas, which runs the enclave, has not filed any charge against him in court but said it was deporting him because it “believed him to be guilty”.
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