Ramallah- 28 June 2011: Israeli occupation forces this morning arrested Quds TV program coordinator Nawaf Al-Amer from his home in Nablus City, West Bank.

In his statement to MADA, Al-Amer’s son said that a unit of Israeli soldiers came to their home at 2:30 am on 28 June 2011 and searched the second floor of their home before arresting his father. His son added: “they knocked loudly on the door and asked my father to leave the house while ordering us to stay in one room. After about 15 minutes they took him. We found out later that he is in Hiwara prison".

The Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA) strongly condemns the arrest of Al-Amer and the continuing Israeli violations against journalists in the occupied Palestinian territories. MADA calls upon international organizations to apply pressure on Israeli forces and issue urgent demands for his release.