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This is precisely why
thousands of Israeli military orders, military courts and
military judges still remain in place after 34 years of
occupation. Israeli citizens are exempted from this system;
for three million Palestinians from the West Bank and Gaza
Strip, this is the Israeli court of law.
The Military Orders
authorize lengthy periods
of interrogation (30 days renewable up to 90 days) or
administrative detention (6 months renewable) during which
Palestinian detainees are not charged, not tried, and do not
know what evidence has been brought against them. Not even
their lawyers have access to the “secret evidence”
compiled by the General Security Services (GSS), in effect
preventing them from preparing any sort of defense.
The Courts
routinely accept the “secret evidence” presented to them
by the GSS, and routinely extend detention periods according
to their requests. Cooperation with the GSS is customary.
The Judges even
close their eyes on evidence of torture and mistreatment to
which Palestinian detainees are sometimes subjected. Justice
bends to the principle of security. Human rights and
international law hardly apply to Palestinians.
Palestinian human
rights activist Abed al-Rahman al-Ahmar is going
through this ordeal right here in the Russian Compound for
more than 40 days. He is just one of the tens of thousands
of Palestinians who has been interrogated and tortured in
the Russian Compound. His detention has been continuously
extended based on secret evidence, and he still does not
receive proper medical attention even after the issue was
put in front of the Israeli High Court. A new hearing should
take place Sunday or Monday to extend once again his
detention.
THIS IS HAPPENING
RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW!
Will you remain
silent?
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Come and join us for a
PROTEST VIGIL
In front of the Russian
Compound Detention Center, Jerusalem
SUNDAY 1ST OF
JULY
5 TO 6 PM
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Suggested slogans:
- There is no Justice in Israeli
Military Courts
- Secret Evidence, Detention
Without Trial, Torture = Israeli Justice
- Shaul Gordon, Yaacov Shetser:
Military Judges in Service of the GSS
- The World stands with Abed
al-Ahmar and Palestinian Political Prisoners
- Free Palestinian Political
Prisoners
- No Peace Without Palestinian
Prisoners’ Release
For more information,
contact Galit 052 547 904, or Mireille 02-582 3372
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