ACTION ALERT: FREE SU'AD GHAZAL
>
> *STOP ISRAELI ABUSES OF CHILDREN
>
> January 26, 2001
>
> On January 21, Su'ad Ghazal a 17-year old Palestinian girl from
Sebastia
> village in the Israeli-occupied West Bank was sentenced by an
Israeli
> court to six and a half years in prison allegedly for attempting to
stab
> an Israeli settler.
>
> The extreme injustice of this sentence is underscored by the fact
that on
> the very same day another Israeli court allowed Nahum Korman, the
settler
> who pistol-whipped and kicked to death 11-year old Hilmi Shusheh in
1996,
> to walk free with only a fine and six months of community service.
An
> unrepentant Korman told the media "I take no responsibility for the
boy's
> death...I admit to nothing, and I continue to regard myself as
innocent."
>
> These two sentences, along with countless other grave violations of
> Palestinian children's rights once again highlight the urgent need
for
> international intervention and protection for Palestinians living
under
> Israeli military occupation.
>
> WE URGE YOU TO WRITE LETTERS TO THE U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE, TO THE
> U.N. HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, TO THE EUROPEAN UNION OR
THE
> GOVERNMENT WHERE YOU LIVE, ASKING THEM TO HOLD ISRAEL TO ACCOUNT AND
> DEMAND THE RELEASE SU'AD GHAZAL:
>
> TALKING POINTS:
>
> *Su'ad Ghazal, who was arrested when she was only 15, has spent most
of
> the past two years in an Israeli prison.
>
> *During her detention, Su'ad has suffered severe physical and
> psychological abuse; and the violation of most of her rights under
the
> Fourth Geneva Conventions and the United Nations Convention on the
Rights
> of the Child.
>
> *The abuses include physical and psychological abuse; detention
without
> trial for an extended period; denial of education; detention of a
minor
> with adults; and illegal transfer from, and detention outside the
Occupied
> Territories.
>
> *Palestinians cannot get justice in the Israeli legal system, as
> documented by numerous human rights organizations, and again
underlined
by
> the fact that Nahum Korman an Israeli settler who beat to death an
11-year
> old Palestinian child was just freed with only fine and community
service.
>
> WE CALL ON:
>
> *All governments to demand that Israel release Su'ad Ghazal and hold
> Israel to account for abuses of human rights;
>
> *Ms. Mary Robinson, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to
> immediately intervene in the case of Su'ad Ghazal and investigate
Israel's
> systematic abuses of the rights of Palestinian children.
>
> PLEASE SEND YOUR EMAILS TO:
>
> *U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell
> Email: [log in to unmask]
> Fax: 202-261-8577
>
> *Ms. Mary Robinson
> United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
> Emails: [log in to unmask] AND [log in to unmask]
>
> *Mr. Romano Prodi
> President of the European Union
> Email: [log in to unmask]
>
> Please cc your letters to: [log in to unmask]
>
> Information provided by Defence for Children International/Palestine
> Section and LAW--The Palestinian Society for the Protection of Human
> Rights and the Environment was used to prepare this action alert.
>
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> Action alert prepared by:
> Ali Abunimah, USA
> Arjan El Fassed, Netherlands
> Zahi Damuni, USA
>
>
>
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