December 27, 2017
‘A horrible error has been made’ – Israeli security services blasted for coercing false confession
shaoran2012Israeli security personnel patrol Jerusalem’s old city, December 22, 2017. © Ammar Awad / Reuters A panel of Israeli judges has blasted the country’s counterterrorism agency Shin Bet, accusing it of dubious interrogation practices and evidence-gathering that led to an innocent man spending two years behind bars. Last month, 23-year-old Khalil Nimri, of East Jerusalem, was acquitted of plotting a bomb attack against a hotel in the southern resort city of Eilat, known to be frequented by Orthodox Jews. In 2015, a hotel clerk wrongly identified Nimri as a man […]