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Urgent: 16 year old human rights defender, Ahed Tamimi, and her mother Nariman Tamimi, arrested and detained on 19 December 2017

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20th December 2017

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Rt Hon Alistair Burt MP, Minister of State for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

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20th December 2017

Rt Hon Alistair Burt MP, Minister of State for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

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