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Article: ISRAEL: MILITARY COURT IN BETHLEHEM SENTENCES A PALESTINIAN TO DEATH.
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- IPR Strategic Business Information Database
- Article date:
- November 16, 2008
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On Wednesday, 12 November 2008, the Military Court in Bethlehem sentenced Ayman Ahmed 'Awwad Daghamgha, 24, a member of the Palestinian General Intelligence Service, from al-'Arroub refugee camp north of Hebron, to death by firing squad. The trial was administered by a panel of 3 judges (Chief Justice Fares Douda; Judge Fadi Hijazi; and Judges Ahmed Jaddou'). It was held in the headquarters of the Military Court in Bethlehem. Representatives of the prosecution, Major Ibrahim Abu Saleh and First Lieutenant Akram 'Arar, and the defendant's lawyer, Khalil al-Heeh, were present in the trial. The court convicted Daghamgha of treason in violation of article 131/A of the ...