AN INTERNATIONAL CALL FOR THE
IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF
DR. GASSAN SHARIF KHALED
WHO WAS ABDUCTED BY THE
ISRAELI OCCUPATION ARMY
IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF
DR. GASSAN SHARIF KHALED
WHO WAS ABDUCTED BY THE
ISRAELI OCCUPATION ARMY
And pass it on as soon as possible !
We are friends and supporters of
Dr. Gassan Sharif Khaled's family for the past five years,
both from Israel and from the international community.
Some of us are also frequent visitors of Gassan's parent's
home in the West Bank village of Ja'ayus. We ask you to
sign this petition to demand the immediate release from
prison of our dear friend, who holds a Ph.D. in law and is
a respected professor of international law at Al-Jajah
University in Nablus.
We can wholeheartedly attest that the members of this
family are moderates and genuine peace seekers; they
respect all humanity and are sincere adherents of the path
of non-violence. We are blessed to be befriended by
this noble family.
Dr. G. Khaled was to be promoted in the near future
to assistant-professor ship at the Law Faculty of
A-Najah University
(http://www2. najah.edu/ nnu_portal/
index.php? page=95). Dr. G. Khaled is an expert in
International Commercial Law; he supervises 17 students
in graduate programs and lectures in front of hundreds
and is highly respected by the students as a teacher.
In addition, Dr. Khaled holds the position as the
university's arbitrator in internal matters, and we
suspect that an unhappy grievant in one such case may
have been the source of the allegations against Dr. Khaled.
His abduction by the Israeli Secret Service has damaged
not only Dr. G. Khaled and his close family, but also the
academic programs at the law school, where the
academic routine is already hampered by arbitrary
constraints regularly imposed by the Occupation.
Since his arrest, Dr. G. Khaled has been subjected
to severe and humiliating interrogation by the
Secret Service. Immediately following his abduction,
he was chained to a chair for 21 continuous hours
each day for six days running. For three weeks
following his arrest nothing was known of his
whereabouts or about the "formal" pretext for
his disappearance; only then was his attorney
granted access to him. His detention has been
extended every 8 days since.
The suspicions against Dr. G. Khaled seem to us
ridiculous if not impossible: we will not be surprised
to discover soon that the Secret Service has merely
succumbed to baseless rumors. Not once this had
"happened" before, when this respectable institution
sufficed itself with little more than scant gossip for
critically disrupting the lives of his "suspects".
Two days ago (27/2/2008) eight of us were present
at the military court when Gassan's detention was
extended for nine additional days. The physical and
mental hardships to which he has been subjected
were evident in his appearance, in particular his
notably bent torso. Towards the end of the hearing
he asked the judge for the permission to speak briefly.
Though permission was granted, when Gassan stood
up, he was unable to utter a word as was choked with
tears, evidently overwhelmed by his humiliations.
When several minutes later he regained composure,
he recounted the details of what he was repeatedly
questioned about in the 45 days since his arrest:
several SMS and email messages between unrelated
third parties which the Shabak (Secret Service) had
picked up and which suggested that Dr. Khaled is
an active Hammas member. Dr. Khaled
maintained that he had not the slightest idea about
the source or the motives of those behind the
baseless allegations.
Consequently, we do not rule out the possibility that the
basic motive for this demonstration of evil originates from
a wider scope - crippling the pedestals of the Palestinian
society, which is attempting to survive and develop
against all stakes.
PLEASE JOIN US in demanding that the Israeli military
release Dr. G. Khaled from the Secret Service's prison;
Israel's security will not be compromised, and
Dr. G. Khaled and his family will be spared further
suffering and injustice!
FREE DR. GASSAN SHARIF KHALED !!!
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