BEIT SAHOUR, West Bank - International Solidarity Movement volunteer Radhika Sainath, from Orange County, California is suing the state of Israel on Thursday, November 27 for unlawful imprisonment, negligence and breach of obligations.
Leading human rights lawyer Shamai Liebowitz will be representing Ms. Sainath, who was seized by Israeli soldiers last November in the olive groves of the West Bank village Jayyous.
Ms. Sainath will testify against the gross misconduct of Israeli authorities in handling her arrest, during which she was prohibited from calling her lawyer, not served with an arrest warrant and transferred to multiple holding centers over 48 hours, causing her to suffer mental trauma and agony.
Eight other internationals and one Israeli were detained along with Ms. Sainath after observing hundreds of Palestinians pray at the site of olive trees bulldozed for the creation of the "security" Wall. Three of the internationals were deported.
News agencies, Israelis and Internationals are invited to attend this hearing in support of Radhika Sainath.
Judge David Geldstein
12PM Thursday, November 27
Tel Aviv Magistrate Court 1 Weizman Street,
Tel Aviv
For more information contact:
Radhika Sainath: +972 65 203 596
Attorney Shamai Liebowitz: +972 64 414 505
For Arabic contact Ghassan: +972 67 981 126
Source: International Solidarity Movement Press Release.
http://www.palsolidarity.org
Published in conjunction with The Palestine Chronicle: http://www.palestinechronicle.com
Please also visit The Thomas Hurndall Fund: http://www.tomhurndall.co.uk
Thomas Hurndall is the British photography student left brain dead after being shot in the head by an Israeli army sniper in Rafah, Gaza Strip in April 2003.
Those campaigning for justice for Thomas Hurndall continue to call for a full and transparent investigation into Tom's shooting. Numerous eye witnesses have stated that Tom was shot in cold blood while protecting Palestinian children. The Israeli Authorities have only recently begun a military police investigation after months of indifference and lies. ISM calls on the UK to ensure that this is not a whitewash and to ensure that a fully transparent, independent judicial inquiry is conducted into the shooting of Tom.
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Leading human rights lawyer Shamai Liebowitz will be representing Ms. Sainath, who was seized by Israeli soldiers last November in the olive groves of the West Bank village Jayyous.
Ms. Sainath will testify against the gross misconduct of Israeli authorities in handling her arrest, during which she was prohibited from calling her lawyer, not served with an arrest warrant and transferred to multiple holding centers over 48 hours, causing her to suffer mental trauma and agony.
Eight other internationals and one Israeli were detained along with Ms. Sainath after observing hundreds of Palestinians pray at the site of olive trees bulldozed for the creation of the "security" Wall. Three of the internationals were deported.
News agencies, Israelis and Internationals are invited to attend this hearing in support of Radhika Sainath.
Judge David Geldstein
12PM Thursday, November 27
Tel Aviv Magistrate Court 1 Weizman Street,
Tel Aviv
For more information contact:
Radhika Sainath: +972 65 203 596
Attorney Shamai Liebowitz: +972 64 414 505
For Arabic contact Ghassan: +972 67 981 126
Source: International Solidarity Movement Press Release.
http://www.palsolidarity.org
Published in conjunction with The Palestine Chronicle: http://www.palestinechronicle.com
Please also visit The Thomas Hurndall Fund: http://www.tomhurndall.co.uk
Thomas Hurndall is the British photography student left brain dead after being shot in the head by an Israeli army sniper in Rafah, Gaza Strip in April 2003.
Those campaigning for justice for Thomas Hurndall continue to call for a full and transparent investigation into Tom's shooting. Numerous eye witnesses have stated that Tom was shot in cold blood while protecting Palestinian children. The Israeli Authorities have only recently begun a military police investigation after months of indifference and lies. ISM calls on the UK to ensure that this is not a whitewash and to ensure that a fully transparent, independent judicial inquiry is conducted into the shooting of Tom.
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