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Report: Three Ra'am activists expected to be released from house arrest
Three Ra'am activists arrested on election day on suspicion of paying voters are expected to be released from house arrest, according to the report. An unnamed senior law enforcement official says there is currently no evidence supporting the suspicions. The case has not been declared closed and release has not been confirmed. Illustrative polling-station photograph: Olivier Fitoussi.
· Source: Haaretz. Polling station in Jerusalem this week, illustrative photograph: Olivier Fitoussi.
According to a Haaretz report this afternoon, police are expected to release three Ra'am activists from house arrest. They were arrested on election day on suspicion of paying voters. The source reviewed did not confirm that release had been completed.
Josh Breiner's report was published today at 3:03 p.m. Its text says the three are expected to be released from house arrest. It concerns three people arrested on election day and does not establish the status of everyone arrested in the investigation.
An unnamed senior law enforcement official told Haaretz that there is currently no evidence supporting the suspicions and that, although the findings warranted investigation, the affair was used for false propaganda. These are the official's claims, not a court ruling or an official announcement closing the case. The report did not say release had been completed.
Source: Haaretz
