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Palestinian filmmaker Hamdan Ballal, who recently gained international acclaim after winning an Academy Award for the documentary No Other Land, is released from Israeli custody following what his colleagues describe as a harrowing overnight detention marked by physical abuse and questionable arrest circumstances.
Ballal’s arrest sparks widespread outrage among human rights advocates and members of the international film community after reports emerge that he was allegedly beaten by Israeli settlers before being taken into custody by Israeli forces. The incident takes place in the occupied. . .
