In the month of Rajab, on the anniversary of the destruction of the Khilafah, Hizb ut-Tahrir organised political activities across occupied Palestine. However the tyrants of the Palestinian Authority brutally clamped down on some of these, even manhandling women protestors.
Firstly, the Palestinian Authority banned a conference organised by Hizb ut Tahrir on 31 July 2008 in Jenin. The venue was surrounded by the army and the army then arrested a few of the shabab of Hizb ut-Tahrir. Secondly, the Palestinian Authority banned a conference organised by Hizb ut Tahrir on 31 July 2008 in Bethlehem . The venue was again surrounded by the army and the army arrested a few more of the shabab of Hizb ut Tahrir.
On 31st July 2008, despite the clamp down by the Palestinian Authority over 3000 people demonstrated in Gaza.
The activities were covered in the international media despite attempts at a news blackout:
Video report of arrests of demonstrators
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