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Liputan6.com, Gaza Strip: Hamas Islamic Movement, on Thursday (11 / 3) will release mentions the arrest of a British journalist who was captured in Gaza last month's path. Release of a journalist arrest named Paul Martin will be held at the home of Hamas leader Mahmud al-Zahar.

Paul Martin was the only foreigner who was captured by Hamas since the Islamist group was on track to seize power in Gaza in June 2007. He was arrested February 14 and was tried in Gaza as he testified to a friend who was accused of "collaboration with Israel".

These journalists were arrested in that period was not specified. English itself has expressed their concern over the case against Martin, a journalist based Foreign Press Association, who has worked for five years and also a filmmaker.

Hamas is running the Interior Ministry has accused Martin "breaking the law and Palestinian security in Gaza Strip," without giving further details, as reported by AFP.

Hamas, which swept Palestinian parliamentary elections in January 2006, remain in the black list of EU and the United States who consider them as a "terrorist organization". (RST / ADO)