Palestinian Authority frees rights activist .
GAZA 1996-08-28
A human rights activist said on Wednesday he had been released after more than two weeks in detention that followed his call for an inquiry into the death of a Gaza man interrogated by Palestinian police .
Mohammad Dahman , director of the Gaza-based Addameer Prisoners Support Association , said he was freed on Tuesday without being charged .
Palestinian Attorney-General Khaled al-Qidra was not immediately available to comment .
Qidra had said Dahman was arrested on suspicion of making a false statement .
The activist was detained by Palestinian intelligence service agents on August 12 after publishing a statement demanding an investigation into the death of a Gaza man who had been questioned by Palestinian authorities .
The Palestinian Authority said the dead man , Nahed Dahlan , had committed suicide .
Human rights groups had protested about Dahman 's arrest in letters to Palestinian President Yasser Arafat and to Qidra .