The Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA) condemns
the raiding of Aqsa TV cameraman and news producer Ammar Yasir Altilawy
house, in Khanyounis city (Gaza Strip), on Thursday evening 14 January
2010, by an armed person who works in the National security forces which
belongs to the Ministry of Interior

. MADA also condemns the attack on
Altilawy in police headquarter, and calls for investigating in the attack,
and to punish those responsible for this crime
Altilawy said that “My house was raided in Thursday evening by an armed
and military uniformed person who is working in the National Security
Forces affiliated to the Ministry of Interior in Gaza under the pretext
that he wanted to take pictures of military operation carried out by
someone before his martyrdom, so he stole my laptop and he left a message
that if he did not find the pictures on the laptop, he will kidnap me by
force".

Altilawy added: " after that I went to the police headquarter and I
reported the incident and the testimony of a witness, and they told me that
they cannot do anything for because the aggressor is working in the
National Security, and that I have to comeback to their office later “.
Altilawy added “after that I went with my father to the police office on
Saturday to follow the case, where the duty officer was one of the
aggressor siblings, I asked him about my complaint as its the third day and
the aggressor stills armed and free, I’m afraid that he will kidnap me,
but the officer told me that he did not do anything, so I stickle that I
need an urgent solution, then he said: “go out". I told him that I’ll
solve it on my own way which means that I will go for those concerned
people.

When I almost finished the sentence, the officer said to his soldiers:" hit
him", so they beat me severely with sticks and feet, they were about ten
soldiers, and when my father (50 years old) tried to keep them away from
me, they also beat him. After that they took me to a room, then the officer
came to me after they put me on the wall and raised my hands on it, he
severely beat and slapped me, and then ordered the soldiers to put me in
the jail. They also confiscated my property and my mobile. after an hour,
somebody from the police interfered and tried to convince me to apologize
to the officer to release me but I refused because I didn’t do anything
wrong to him, after that they release me with a pledge".

Altilawy concluded “this is the fifth day after the attack on me and on my
home, and the police didn’t do anything, on the contrary, when the
officer heard that the story began to spread he called one of my relatives
and threatened to arrest and persecutes me".