Dr ‘Abd al-Sattar Qassem and Ahmad Shakr Dudin were released on 6 January 2000. They were arrested along with Dr Yasser Fayeq Abu Safieh, Dr ‘Afif Suleiman al-Judeh, Dr ‘Abd al-Rahim Kittani, Dr ‘Adel Samara and Ahmad Qatamesh in November 1999, after they signed a statement criticizing the Palestinian political leadership.
