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 Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2013 7:41 pm Post subject: Australian Jewish Prisoner X in Israel Commits Suicide |
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Australia launches probe into ‘Prisoner X’ suicide, demands answers from Israel
Published: 17 February, 2013, 21:22
https://rt.com/news/israel-australia-prisoner-scandal-408/
| Quote: | The headstone of Ben Zygier is photographed in the Chevra Kadisha Jewish Cemetery, in Melbourne on February 14, 2013.(AFP Photo / Martin Philbey)
Australia is seeking answers from Israel concerning the death of ‘Prisoner X,’ an Australian national who committed suicide in Israeli prison, Foreign Minister Bob Carr said as the ministry prepared to file a formal report on the case.
"We have asked the Israeli government for a contribution to that report," Carr told the press on Sunday.
Australia wants to give Israel the opportunity to submit an explanation of the circumstances surrounding the prisoner's death, the minister said.
"I need to know what the contact was between Australian agencies and those of Israel, and I need to see what the Israelis want to tell Australia," he explained. "The key is to get all the information."
Australian foreign office chief Peter Varghese is preparing the report, which will "canvass all the consular contact between Australia and between Israel,” Carr said. Israeli authorities are reportedly also preparing to release their inquiry into the prisoner's death.
The Australian-Israeli national known as ‘Prisoner X’ was identified by media earlier this week as 34-year-old Ben Zygier. In June 2010, the man committed suicide while being held in a high-security Tel Aviv prison.
The incident raised many questions, as well as speculation. Zygnier was reportedly in prison for 'grave crimes,' but there has been no official comment on the nature of those crimes. He was also rumored to be a Mossad agent.
Israeli officials claimed that Zygier was treated fairly while in prison. But Zygier's lawyer, Avigdor Feldman, said his client had been under intense emotional pressure while in custody, which could have led to his suicide.
"His interrogators told him he could expect lengthy jail time and be ostracized from his family and the Jewish community,” Feldman told Israel’s Channel 10.
Australian authorities first asserted that they were absolutely unaware of the Zygier's case, but later admitted that months prior to his death they learned that Israel had detained an Australian-Israeli citizen on national security grounds.
An anonymous Israeli official told The Australian that Canberra knew about Zygier's case “long before” he died.
The Australian media also reported that the Israeli Security Agency informed Australian authorities immediately after Zygier's arrest in February 2010. |
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