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Palestinian Activist Rasmea Odeh Wins New Trial

HeadlineDec 08, 2016

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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