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19 January 2017
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At approximately 4:00 pm on Thursday, 19 January 2017, police arrested seven young men in Rafah. A group of young men gathered near Al Awda square in the middle of Rafah city to participate in a protest that was organized by some activists on Facebook about the electricity crisis in Rafah.
Al Mezan identified the names of some of the detainees as:
At approximately 7:00 on the same day, the police released them after mediation from the national and Islamic groups.
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