‘Aref Hashem, Head of the Engineers’ Union in Nablus on the West Bank, was arrested on 28 July 1991 and issued with an administrative detention order dated 22 July 1991. At the appeal hearing against the order the unclassified evidence revealed to ‘Aref Hashem and his lawyer alleged that he was a major activist in the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine in Nablus; the detention order was reduced by 16 days. ‘Aref Hashem is currently in Ketziot detention centre and is now due for release on 5 January 1992.
