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AI to “Israel”: Give Arrested Aid Worker Fair Trial

AI to “Israel”: Give Arrested Aid Worker Fair Trial
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Amnesty International on Monday called on the apartheid “Israeli” entity to give an aid worker charged with aiding the Hamas Resistance Movement a "fair and open trial", citing information of abuse in custody.

AI to “Israel”: Give Arrested Aid Worker Fair Trial

"He was initially denied access to a lawyer and when she was eventually allowed to meet him, he alleged he had been seriously mistreated in custody," the rights group said in a statement.

It further added: "The “Israeli” authorities must immediately investigate the allegations that Mohammed Halabi was mistreated in custody and may have been forced into confessing under duress.”

"Any evidence obtained through torture, or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment must be excluded from proceedings. Without independent and impartial investigations into these allegations the trial risks being fundamentally flawed."

On August 4 an “Israeli” court charged Halabi, the Gaza director of the World Vision NGO, with having channeled millions of dollars in foreign aid to the Palestinian movement Hamas and its armed wing.

World Vision, a Christian humanitarian organization, has reacted by saying it had "no reason to believe" the allegations against Halabi were true.
The charge sheet said he was recruited by Hamas to infiltrate the aid organization more than a decade ago, rising to become the head of World Vision's Gaza operation.

Halabi was arrested in June and later indicted on a number of charges, including funding “terror”.

"The allegation of stealing money intended to help alleviate the humanitarian crisis in Gaza is extremely serious," Amnesty added on Monday.

"This makes it all the more pressing to ensure that Mohammed Halabi's rights are fully respected and that his trial be fair and transparent."

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team

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