From: hrcoord@igc.apc.org (Human Rights Coordinator)
Newsgroups: soc.rights.human
Subject: Israel: Alert
Date: 22 Dec 92 16:24:00 GMT
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From: Human Rights Coordinator <hrcoord>
Subject: Israel: Alert

/* Written 12:18 pm  Dec 22, 1992 by geonet@gn.apc.org in igc:omct.sostortur */


Case ISR/PAL 221292
The International Secretariat of OMCT/SOS-Torture calls upon you to
intervene on behalf of the following situation in Israel/Occupied
Territories.
Brief description of the situation:
Information received from AL-HAQ, a member of the network of
SOS-Torture, has drawn our attention to the fact that since the recent
deportation of some 415 Palestinians from the Occupied Territories,
the situation remains very tense and a number of people have been
killed by Israeli troops who have opened fire.
On 19 December 1992 in Khan Younis City and Refugee Camp, six people
were killed during demonstrations to protest against these
deportations.  The six include: Rana THARWAT MUHAMMA ABU-TYOUR, aged
11 who was shot when fetching milk, Naji SHA'BAN HAMADA AL-NAJJAR, 15,
Rizeq SALAH-AL-DIN AL-FARRA, 18, Wa'el Muhammad Mahmoud AL-QEISI, 19,
Adel Fawwaz Awwad ABU-HADAYED, 21 and Maher Saber Salam IMRAN, 23.  In
addition, a further 35 people have reportedly been admitted to Naser
Hospital in Khan Younis with live ammunition wounds.  Of these 35,
eleven remained in the hospital and some were transferred to Al-Shifa
Hospital in Gaza City due to a shortage of blood in Naser hospital.
This incident is not an isolated incident, on the previous day, 18
December 1992, Omar Said Ali BANAT, 18, was shot dead in Al-Arroub
Refugee Camp in the West Bank.
Action requested:
Please write to the authorities in Israel and the Occupied Territories
to demand that they take all the necessary measures to put an end to
violence against the Palestinian population in the Occupied
Territories and in particular to the indiscriminate use of fire power
by the Israeli military. Insist that they provide the injured with the
appropriate medical treatment and that they guarantee their physical
and psychological integrity at all times. Demand that they open a
thorough and impartial inquiry into the above incidents in order to
identify those responsible and punish them in accordance with the law.
Urge them to ensure the respect for human rights and fundamental
freedoms at all times.
Please inform the authorities in your respective countries, the UN,
the European Community and other inter-governmental and
non-governmental organisations, urging them to intervene in order to
put an end to such incidents and to find a peaceful solution to the
problems in the region.
Addresses:
Yitzak Rabin, Prime Minister's Office, P.O. Box 187, Jerusalem 91001,
Israel - Tlx: 25279 MPRES IL  Fax: 972-2-664838  //  Moshe Arens,
Minister of Defence, Ministry of Defence, 7 "A" Street  Hakirya,  Tel
Aviv 67659, Israel - Tlx: 371434 MOD IL - Fax: + 972 3 21 7915  //
Dan Meridor, Minister of Justice, Salah el-Din 29, P.O. Box 1087,
91010 Jerusalem, Israel  Fax: 972-2 / 708590 Tel: 972-2-708591  //
Joseph Harish, Attorney General, P.O. Box 1987, Jerusalem, Israel -
Fax: 972-2-869473  //  Gabriel Amir, Commissioner of Prisons, Israeli
Prison Service, 5 Histadrut Street, Jerusalem 94230, Israel - Fax:
972-2-249804  //  Roni Milo, Minister of Police, P.O. Box 2001,
Jerusalem 91020, Israel - Fax: 972-2-811832  //  Jacob Rubin Adv.,
Head of the Israeli Bar, 1 Chopin St., Jerusalem 92190, Israel - Fax:
972-2-788738
Geneva, 22 December 1992
Please inform us of any action undertaken, (kindly quote the code
number of our appeal in any related correspondence).
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