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Saturday, May 8, 2010

Aljazeera awards Press TV doc

A Press TV documentary production has received the Human Rights award of the 6th edition of the Aljazeera International Documentary Film Festival.

Aliya Battalion directed by Rashed Radwan competed with 198 documentaries from 39 countries, which participated in the 2010 edition of the festival held on the theme of 'Freedom and Human Rights.'

Radwan's 60-minute film is about a small sniper army of former Soviet soldiers, who are used by Israel to terrorize Palestinian civilians in West Bank cities and villages.

“Ailiya Battalion has been the most popular Press TV documentary,” Fars News Agency quoted head of Press TV's international documentary department Mohsen Barmahani as saying.

The film includes interviews with the snipers and presents their training sessions and the killing of civilians in the West Bank.

Radwan is a Spanish filmmaker and writer of Iraqi descent, who has made numerous documentaries on the theme of war.

Tiarget: Heart of Iraq, Gaza Genocide, Human Market and Iraq at the Edge of Civil War are among his best known works.

Source: PressTV.
Link: http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=125824§ionid=351020105.

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