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Arab Prisoners Call Hunger Strike over Terrorists’ Death Sentences

Islamia, Arab daily, reported today that Arab prisoners have declared a hunger strike in protest against death sentence imposed on two Arab terrorists convicted of shooting at British troops. High Commissioner Sir Arthur Grenfell Wauchope has refused to commute their sentences.

November 13, 1936
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Islamia, Arab daily, reported today that Arab prisoners have declared a hunger strike in protest against death sentence imposed on two Arab terrorists convicted of shooting at British troops. High Commissioner Sir Arthur Grenfell Wauchope has refused to commute their sentences.

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