A candidate in January's Palestinian presidential election says he has
been detained and beaten by Israeli soldiers at a West Bank checkpoint.
Mustafa Barghouti, 50, an activist and cousin of jailed candidate
Marwan Barghouti, said he was hurt in an incident near the town of
Jenin. He said soldiers hit him and pinned him to the ground with
rifles after he complained about language they used. The Israeli army
would not comment on reports of a violent incident. Mr Barghouti is a
democracy and human rights activist who is standing as an independent
outsider in the Palestinian presidential election scheduled for 9
January. The Israeli army said Mr Barghouti and his companions had
refused the soldiers' request for a routine identification check. [more]
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