My lawyer managed to bring me permission from the prosecution to let me
attend my last trial in the military court. He said that there was a possibility I
would go home. My father and my aunt were there. The judge asked them if
I had school to attend. The prosecutor said that I didn’t. My lawyer said that I
needed to go back to school. The judge asked how much time I had to spend
every day at school. My father said that I went to school at 7 am and arrived
home from school at 2 pm. The judge released me conditionally: I would pay
bail of 7500 shekels [around USD 2000] and every day after 2 pm I will be
under home detention until 1 January 2017. Maybe I will get another trial…
I am just waiting at home to see what will happen to me. Even if I sit by the
door of my home after 2 pm, the prosecutor calls my father telling him to take
me inside.
Home detention has really affected me. Now I can’t go anywhere; I can’t
sleep in our other home, I can’t visit my friends, I can’t visit my neighbors…
I’m afraid to go anywhere. It even has affected my studies because I can’t
always go to school. I’m very sick of my life right now because I can’t
leave my home. It hurts to see the other people walking freely around the
camp.
[BADIL collected information regarding the types of ill-treatment suffered by
the interviewee based on the areas of concern highlighted by DCI, shown in
the table above.]
1. Were you handcuffed while taking you from one place to another
(during your imprisonment period)?
Yes.
2. Did you have a lawyer or family present during your interrogations?
When I went to Ofer prison, a lawyer came to see me and told me he would
be with me until my brother’s lawyer took over. He’s the one who told
me to remain silent during the interrogations. But no, no one attended my
interrogation sessions.
3. Did you know your rights back then?
I told the interrogator I wouldn’t say anything before I talk to my family or
before I get a lawyer. I knew my rights but I wasn’t informed by the Israeli
army.
4. Did they blindfold you?
Yes. The first three days I was blindfolded. I got dizzy all the time because I
was walking using a walking stick [due to previous leg injury] with my eyes
blindfolded. Sometimes, I had to hold the soldier’s hand to avoid falling down.
I once accidentally touched the soldier’s M16 [rifle], so he pushed me away
and I fainted.
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