When will USA and Israel stop Torturing prisoners?

Ex-prisoner Lu'ay Al Ashkar

leaves Israeli detention in a wheelchair

Posted by: "clreiners@aol.com" clreiners@aol.com

[Christy Reiners is a good friend, a Presbyterian who visits Israel and Palestinian territories often, and knows too well about this kind of event, and the Israeli secret police system, like our CIA's, of putting suspects in prison for months or years with no trial!]

Mon Aug 20, 2007 10:06 pm (PST)

Ex-prisoner Lu'ay Al Ashkar leaves Israeli detention in a wheelchair
Monday August 20, 2007 12:22 by Maisa Abu Ghazala - IMEMC News _nisreen at
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The lawyer for the ex-prisoner Lu’ay Al Ashakr has brought criminal charges
against Israeli officials in the hope of gaining compensation for his client.

Al Ashkar entered detention with full use of his legs, but after repeated
torture was released paralyzed from the waist down.

Bishara Jabali, Al Ashkarâ's lawyer, has initiated a lawsuit against the
state of Israeli, the previous head of Shabak (Avy Dekhter), the current head of
Shabak (Youval Desken) and the investigators of Shabak, asking for the
compensation of his client.

Al Ashkar, who was held for two years, was kidnapped from his home in April
2005 on suspicion of involvement in an explosion in Israel.

After undergoing medical tests in prison which proved his good health, Al
Ashkar sustained a broken back after being tortured for three consecutive days.

Two months later, the prison administration allowed the man to enter a
hospital in Haifa for medical treatment, after which Al Ashkar regained the use of
his legs. After returning to the detention centre, Al Ashkar was again
subjected to various forms of tourture and again lost the ability to walk.

Since his release, the man has reported that Israeli authorities have banned
him from traveling to Jordan for medical treatment and have barred from
entering Israeli hospitals. [Do none of these authorities study Torah, and know about
the compassion of God, and God's judgment on cruel, illegal treatment of others? -rf]

Lu'ay finished by calling on the Palestinian President and all relevant
organizations to support him and all the Palestinians prisoners.

Translated by - Nisreen Qumsieh