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December 8, 2016

Palestinian Activist Rasmea Odeh Wins New Trial
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And prominent Palestinian activist Rasmea Odeh has won a new trial. Odeh
was convicted of immigration fraud in 2014 and then sentenced to 18
months in prison and deportation from the United States for failing to
disclose her conviction on bombing charges by an Israeli military court
more than 40 years ago. Odeh says her conviction was obtained through
weeks of torture and sexual assault in Israeli custody. She has lived in
the United States for more than 20 years. Her supporters say she was
targeted over her support for Palestinian liberation. Her new trial is
slated to begin in Michigan in January.


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