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Claim

Claim 584

The judge's order banned any mention of the prisoner or the circumstances of his custody, and of the order itself.

Published 2026-09-23. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

Statement
The judge's order banned any mention of the prisoner or the circumstances of his custody, and of the order itself.
Field
action
Value
order issued, June 2010
About
incident 2010-israel-prisoner-x-gag-order
Source
Attacks on the Press in 2013: Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory
Publisher
Committee to Protect Journalists
Method
outlet report
Checked
2026-09-22
Confidence
medium
Status
current
Source date
2014-02-12

Quotation from the source

banning "any mention of Prisoner X or the circumstances of his custody", and even prohibited mention of the order itself