30 infringement of parliamentary impunity, arrest, detention, search and confiscation of belongings in contravention of the law. This applies especially to Article 53 of the Amended Basic Law of 2003, which states: “Interrogating MPs for criminal or civil cases against the backdrop of their opinions, votes at the PLC sessions or committees activities or any other action they do outside the PLC enabling them to fulfill their parliamentary missions. Also, it is prohibited to assault any MP or search his luggage, home, car, office or whatever he has of movable or immovable property throughout impunity duration”. 9. Violation of the Right to Freedom of Expression and Press Freedoms The Government in the West Bank continued to ban newspapers and media agencies supportive of Hamas from working in the West Bank in 2010. ICHR monitored the arrest of journalists by the security agencies without complying with due process or informing them of the charges directed to them from the competent judicial body according to the Basic Law and the Palestinian Code of Criminal Procedures No(3) of 2001. Furthermore, the security agencies censored both the printed and electronic press. 10. Refraining from Issuing Passports ICHR received during 2010 a number of complaints from residents of the Gaza Strip who applied for passports through Passport Agencies there. They reported that the application forms were duly filled in, but the General Intelligence Agency in the West Bank refused to issue passports for them due to security reasons, including their connection to the Hamas movement or the Government in the Gaza Strip. ICHR views the decline of the Ministry of the Interior to issue passports for the Palestinians who have the necessary documents to be a blatant violation of their right to travel and change residence and is a misuse of authority. According to Article 9 of the Amended Basic Law of 2003 “all Palestinians are equal before law” and according to Article 10, “human rights shall be binding and respected”. Article 20 of the same law affirms that “freedom of residence and movement shall be guaranteed according to the law’. Preventive Security Agency in the city. He related that they insulted and cursed him and after half an hour of detention he was freed without being allowed to retrieve his confiscated belongings.