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Palestinian human rights defender Diala Ayesh is under solitary confinement in an Israeli prison for the second time since her arrest in mid-January, her sister told The New Arab on Monday. Ayesh was arrested at the “Container” checkpoint north of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank. She was placed under a 4-month administrative detention order in late January. “Diala’s lawyer has been able to visit her weekly since her arrest, and she told us that Diala was isolated the first time at the beginning of her detention for protesting the poor quality of food”, said Aseel Ayesh, Diala’s sister. 📰 R…

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