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Jerusalem, December 02, 1999
PLC member who signed
“Petition-20” shot
Mo’awiya Al-masri, one of the PLC
members who signed the “Petition 20” criticizing Arafat’s
regime of tyrrany, corruption and political deceit, was shot
late last night coming home from the PLC meeting in Gaza.
Al Quds
newspaper reports that as he left his car to walk to his
house in Nablus he was attacked by three men in masks, with
guns and axes. Al-masri was shot twice in his left leg. He
was taken to Al Ittihad Hospital for treatment, and was
released this morning.
Al-masri was one
of the five PLC members who yesterday published a new
statement confirming their earlier accusations of corruption
and mismanagement in the Palestinian Authority.
Few hours after
the incident, Al Tayeb Abdul Rahim, the secretary general of
the PA cabinet announced that President Arafat showed great
concern in what happened to Al-masri in Nablus. Arafat
issued his instructions to general Ghazi Al Jabali, head of
the police, to investigate into the incident and the
necessity to catch the offenders.
Abdul Rahim
added that this incident comes in an attempt to stir
internal disputes, which will be dealt with firmly by the
Authority. Al-masri himself said late last night to Al-Jazeera
TV that no nationalistic individualists would commit this
attack.
The Palestinian
Human Rights Monitoring Group (PHRMG) calls for the
Palestinian Authority to take all measures to protect the
legislators who signed this legal petition from violence and
threats on their life.
We fear for the
lives of Palestinian citizens who dear to speak freely on
political issues concerning the Palestinian Authority, and
once again we call upon the international donor community to
put pressure on the PA to end these severe violations of
basic human rights for the Palestinian people.
For more
information, contact the PHRMG office: Tel: 972 2 6262463,
Fax: 972 2 6262378, E-mail:
admin@phrmg.org
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