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.
>
***************************************************************************
>  Action alert prepared by:
>  Ali Abunimah, USA
>  Arjan El Fassed, Netherlands
>  Zahi Damuni, USA
>
>
>

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