U.S. Arrest of Pro-Palestinians

A tale of two cities: Los Angeles Times, Jan. 19, 1987: attorneys for a group of Arab immigrants facing deportation for allegedly belonging to a Palestinian terrorist group, protested that their clients were being held under “severe conditions of confinement,” in violation of their legal rights. Some of the defendants were “kept in isolation,” had “lights turned on around the clock” and were denied access to sanitary facilities and denied medical aid. Five of the defendants were being held in a federal center in San Diego, far from their families and lawyers.

Same edition of The Times; Managua Nicaragua: Sam Nesley Hall, held on spying charges, made the following statement on his release: “I am sorry that I have brought some embarrassment. I have been treated very well. The prison authorities were terrific, and I was treated like a human being with a lot of dignity.”

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