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Ref: 94/2005
Date: 03 August 2005
Time: 10:00 GMT
A Bomb Targets Palestinian Chief Judge’s House
In the context of the ever deteriorating Palestinian internal security situation, last night unknown persons detonated a bomb near the house of Counselor Zuhair al-Sourani, Head of the Palestinian National Authority Higher Judiciary Council; the house was damaged, but no casualties were reported.
According to preliminary investigations conducted by PCHR, at approximately 23:55 on Tuesday, 2 August 2005, unknown persons detonated a bomb near the house of Zuhair al-Sourani, Head of the Palestinian Higher Judiciary Council, near Shifa Hospital in al-Rimal neighborhood in Gaza City. The house and a number of neighboring houses were damaged, but no casualties were reported. Counselor al-Sourani was not at home when the explosion occurred, but his family was there.
This crime was the second of its kind against the Palestinian judiciary and prosecution in less than 24 hours, as it followed a similar explosion near the house of the Palestinian Attorney General Hussein Abu ‘Aassi, which occurred on Monday evening without having caused any casualties.
This latest crime came in the context of the serious deterioration in the internal security in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT), including killings, attacks on public property and a series of kidnaps that have targeted both Palestinians and internationals.
PCHR strongly condemns this latest crime against the head of the highest Palestinian judicial body, and asserts that repeated attacks on the Palestinian judiciary and prosecution can only be interpreted as an attempt to terrify the Palestinian judiciary and disrupt its work. PCHR reiterates its call upon the Palestinian National Authority to assume its responsibility for restoring order and enhancing the rule of law, in accordance with the human rights and legal standards. PCHR calls also upon the Palestinian Attorney General to investigate these crimes and bring their perpetrators to justice.
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