Please take one minute to send this letter to the British consulate in Jerusalem to ask the ambassador to attend court for a wrongfully arrested boy - (more information here: haresboys.wordpress ) All you have to do is copy the letter below into an email and send it to: [email protected] Subject: URGENT: please attend court hearing for wrongfully arrested boy To Vincent Fean, I am writing to request your presence at the upcoming court hearing of Ali Shamlawi at Salem Military Court on the 25th July at 9am. In March 2013, five teenage boys from Hares village (Salfit district, occupied Palestine) were arrested and charged with 25 counts of attempted murder for allegedly throwing stones at an illegal Israeli settler’s car. They received these charges despite an overwhelming lack of evidence. Since March 15, the boys have been imprisoned, first in Al-Jalame interrogation center and later in Megiddo prison, both inside the 1948 territories of Israel (as you know well, transferring detained / arrested / imprisoned people from occupied territories to the territory of the occupier violates international law, specifically the Fourth Geneva Convention). Each boy reported being tortured, including being held in solitary confinement for as long as two weeks and being beaten by soldiers and other prison personnel. The boys have only been granted very limited visits with both their families and their lawyers. Each of their court hearings has been closed to outside observers. I ask you to attend the court hearing, as your presence as an international observer will ensure that these boys receive as fair a trial as is possible in a military court system. I hope that you will attend and I look forward to hearing your response. If you need more information about the court hearing, please contact Ashley at +972 (0) 9251 4644 or email haresboys@gmail. Alternatively please have a look at the detailed account of the Hares Boys case online: haresboys.wordpress/ Thank you very much in advance. Yours sincerely,
Posted on: Wed, 17 Jul 2013 08:05:07 +0000
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