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14.12.04, 13:25
IDF jest dobre w strzelaniu do bezbronnych a ich organy sledcze sa dobre w
ukrywaniu prawdy ,... Dochodzenie sprawiedliwosci u zio-nistow zakrawa na
kpine ,...
uklony
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Eye witnesses at the scene stated immediately afterward that soldiers opened
fire in circumstances where they were not under threat. The Israeli army
conducted an internal command inquiry and concluded there was no evidence
that Brian was hit by shots fired by Israeli soldiers.
THE INQUIERY DID NOT INCLUDE TESTEMONIES FROM THE EYE WITNESSES AND RELIED
ENTIERLY ON THE TESTEMONIES OF ISRAELI SOLDIERS SERVING IN THE REGION.
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Investigation Sought On IDF Shooting Of American
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Monday, 13 December 2004, 11:38 am
US citizen shot by Israeli forces petitions Supreme Court demanding criminal
investigation
On 5th April 2003 Brian, along with another ISM activist, was standing under
a street lamp on a quiet empty street wearing a high visibility medic vest
with his hands in the air, clearly indicating he was an unarmed international
when an APC approached at under 30kmph and without warning open heavy fire
from a range of just tens of meters. After shooting Brian the perpetrators
carried on driving. This was witnessed by four other activists from Sweden
and Denmark who were in the vicinity.
On Monday 13th December attorney Michael Sfard will be submitting petitioning
the Israeli Supreme Court demanding that the Israeli military authorities
investigate the shooting of US citizen Brian Avery in April 2003. The
following is taken from the appeal to be submitted to the court: This
petition is brought against the military judge advocate for refusing to open
an inquiry into the wounding of Brian Avery despite the existence of
substantial evidence that the injury was the result of criminal behavior by
Israeli soldiers.
ISM activist Brian Avery traveled to Jenin in order to provide humanitarian
assistance to its residents. On 5th April 2003 he was wounded by a bullet
that entered his face, shattering his jaw and his nose. Since the incident he
has been in rehabilitation and is having an ongoing series of surgeries to
reconstruct his face.
Eye witnesses at the scene stated immediately afterward that soldiers opened
fire in circumstances where they were not under threat. The Israeli army
conducted an internal command inquiry and concluded there was no evidence
that Brian was hit by shots fired by Israeli soldiers.
THE INQUIERY DID NOT INCLUDE TESTEMONIES FROM THE EYE WITNESSES AND RELIED
ENTIERLY ON THE TESTEMONIES OF ISRAELI SOLDIERS SERVING IN THE REGION.
All requests made on behalf of Brian for a police criminal investigation have
received no response. Internal commandmand inquiry made by the Israeli army
are not reliable. In several cases the inquiries absolved the army when
subsequent military police investigations uncovered incriminating evidence
and serious charges were brought. This was the case in the killing of another
activist, Tom Hurndall, who was fatally shot in Rafah six days after Brian's
injury. The internal command inquiry ruled that Tom was shot because of the
presence of a Palestinian militant in his vicinity. The criminal
investigation of the military police discovered that the soldier who fired
the fatal shot and another soldier had lied in the internal inquiry. Charges
of killing and interfering with the investigative procedure were brought.
Similarly in the recent case of confirming the killing of the girl Iman Al
Hams by the Israeli army unit commander an internal command inquiry by senior
military officials absolved the commander who "confirmed the killing". Later
a short investigation by the military police exposed that the unit commander
lied in denying the allegations against him when they found that
incriminating radio conversations had been taped.
Brian's request for a criminal investigation into his injury is the minimum
requirement of a regime that claims to respect the rule of law and the
sanctity of human life. The complete refusal to accede to this request brings
into question the protection the military judge advocate affords to innocents
civilians harmed by the illegal use of weapons. Copies of the full appeal
grounds are available.
www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0412/S00168.htm
