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ISRAEL: Again conscientious objectors imprisoned

Concodoc | 11.12.2003 16:51

Two more COs have been imprisoned in Israel.

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ISR12010-13853-111203
11 December 2003

ISRAEL: Conscientious objectors imprisoned

Again, two conscientious objectors have been imprisoned in Israel.

Amichai Katz (ISR12010) was sentenced to 28 days in Military Prison No 4 for refusing to serve in the Occupied Territories on 4 December 2003. He is due out on 30 December. Amichai Katz already spent 28 days in prison in April 2002 (see  http://wri-irg.org/news/htdocs/09042002b.html).

Uri Dagan (ISR13853) was sentenced to 28 days in Military Prison No 4 for refusing to serve in the Occupied Territories on 9 December 2003. He is due out on 4 January 2004.

War Resisters' International calls for letters of support to the imprisoned conscientious objectors:

Amichai Katz
Uri Dagan
Military Prison No 4
Military postal code 02507
IDF, Israel

War Resisters' International calls for letters of protest to Israeli authorities, and Israeli embassies abroad. An email letter can be sent at  http://www.wri-irg.org/co/alerts/20031211a.html.

War Resisters' International calls for the immediate release of all imprisoned conscientious objectors.

Andreas Speck
War Resisters' International

Addresses
Shaul Mofaz
Minister of Defence,
Ministry of Defence,
37 Kaplan st.,
Tel-Aviv 61909,
Israel.
e-mail: mailto: sar@mod.gov.il or mailto: pniot@mod.gov Fax: +972-3-696-27-57 / +972-3-691-69-40 / +972-3-691-79-15

Commander of Military Prison No. 4,
Military Postal Code 02507
IDF, Israel
Fax: +972-3-957-52-76

Commander of Military Prison No 6
Military Prison No 6
Military postal number 01860,
IDF, Israel.
Fax: +972-4-869-28-84

Addresses of Israeli embassies can be found at  http://www.embassyworld.com/embassy/israel1.htm

Addresses of Israeli media:
Ma'ariv:
2 Karlibach st.
Tel-Aviv 67132
Israel
Fax: +972-3-561-06-14
e-mail:  editor@maariv.co.il

Yedioth Aharonoth:
2 Moses st.
Tel-Aviv
Israel
Fax: +972-3-608-25-46

Ha'aretz (Hebrew):
21 Schocken st.
Tel-Aviv, 61001
Israel
Fax: +972-3-681-00-12

Ha'aretz (English edition):
21 Schocken st.
Tel-Aviv, 61001
Israel
Fax: +972-3-512-11-56
e-mail:  letters@haaretz.co.il

Jerusalem Post:
P.O. Box 81
Jerusalem 91000
Israel
Fax: +972-2-538-95-27
e-mail:  news@jpost.co.il or  letters@jpost.co.il

Jerusalem Report:
Fax: +972-2-537-94-89

Radio (fax numbers):
Kol-Israel +972-2-531-33-15 and +972-3-694-47-09 Galei Tzahal +972-3-512-67-20

Television (fax numbers):
Channel 1 +972-2-530-15-36
Channel 2 +972-2-533-98-09

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