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Hamas brutally kills a Gazan who dared to speak out

Uday in hiding: Farewell video shortly before his murder Uday Al-Raba'i: "I of course am done with this war, and now Hamas is attacking us. They want me, they want to shoot me. Before they wanted me and wanted to shoot me, they came to me recently also by surprise. A short while ago, they also shot..."

The “Palestinian Popular Conference” was set to reform the PLO. The PA accused the conference of “conspiring” against it.

Ahmed Majdalani: “Convening the conference, regardless of the excuse, is the biggest gift to Israel.”

Following a visit by former Israeli MP the PA closed the Christian institution Beit Al-Liqa’ for a week and arrested the head of the association

35 public opinion activists were arrested while participating in processions demanding justice and opposing the PA's human rights violations

Lawyers for Justice slams PA for its crackdown on freedoms, and "emphasized the worst deterioration of human rights in years in the cities that are subordinate to the PA’s rule" which "stems from an official discourse of incitement carried out by the PA”

On the one hand, the PA has promised a thorough investigation of the incident; on the other, it is trying to buy the silence of the Banat family.

Ministry announcement published in official PA daily makes clear the ministry has “authority” over which preachers are allowed to give sermons and what they will talk about

Editorial of the official PA daily claims Palestinian protests against PA forces murdering an activist are meant to bring about an “Arab Fall” and “destruction”

Following the PA's arrest of a lawyer and three activists who were protesting the PA’s unjust arrest of a different group of activists, PFLP calls for “national and popular pressure” to force the PA stop “its violations”

Brother of PA critic who was killed by the PA police for his opposition, reveals that Abbas tried to bribe his family with "as much money as they want" and "martyr status" in order to hush up the incident

Abbas’ publishes a letter "expelling" Nasser Al-Qidwa from the Fatah Central Committee, after he “harmed its unity,” saying that the decision would only be recanted if Al-Qidwa withdraws his list from the PA election ballot

To ensure that it can impose its own terror inciting curriculum, PA warns that “it will not hesitate to decisively deal with any school” that adopts any curriculum other than its own

The decree, passed by Abbas is meant to protect "freedom of opinion and political affiliation" as well as fair voting regulations before the PA elections take place

Protestors in Ramallah against French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo’s cartoons of Islam’s Prophet Muhammad chant "I would give my father, my mother, and my life for Messenger Muhammad" and state that free speech ends when it insults the prophet

Facebook is stopping all posts that are promoted as adverts on the official Fatah Facebook page – Fatah claims this is "part of an ongoing campaign against Palestinian content"

"Freedom of expression guaranteed" says PA, arresting activist. PA Attorney General Office cracks down on civilians protesting on social media

Fatah posts cartoon depicting a man wearing a “Free Palestine” headband, while Israeli and American hands cover his mouth with tape which has “Anti-semitism” written on it

Attacking Palestinian journalists who stand up for "women's rights" are just "attempts to intimidate which rest on narrow-mindedness that strives to incite and threaten with the sword of our religion and the traditions and customs of our noble and tolerant society" says Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate

"The [Palestinian] Journalists' Syndicate condemned the continued detention of the journalists in Gaza and the West Bank"

"The [PA] government... emphasized that it protects freedom of opinion and expression"

"An international organization condemned the preventative detention of the journalist from Tubas"

“The Ramallah Magistrate Court recently decided to accede to the [PA] attorney general’s request to block 59 websites and Facebook pages"

Palestinians in Gaza are rioting because of their preference to be wounded (and receive a PA allowance)