THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
20 Friday, March 11, 1918
Israeli Report Refutes MSU Student's Torture Charge
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arrested while visiting Is-
rael in December and
charged with being a
member of the Popular
Front for the Liberation of
Palestine, claimed in court
this week that he was tor-
tured into confessing.
American Consular offi-
cials who have visited Es-
mail have stated several
times that they have seen
no evidence of torture.
The Israeli government
prepared the following re-
port on Esmail's detention
at the request of the U.S.
government:
• "On the evening of Dec.
21, 1977, upon arrival at
Ben-Gurion Airport, Mr.
Sami Esmail was ar-
rested on suspicion of
being an active member
of a terrorist organiza-
tion. That evening, Mr.
Esmail was interrogated
at Ben-Gurion Airport,
and later transferred to
the near-by Petah Tikva
Police Station for the
night.
"The next day (Dec. 22),
interrogations continued
for some hours with inter-
vals for meals and rest. The
following day, Friday the
23rd, he was taken to court
at 11:30 a.m. for the exten-
sion of his detention as pre-
scribed by law. At 1:30 p.m.,
he was taken back to the
police station.
"On Saturday, he was not
interrogated.
"On Sunday, Dec. 25, the
investigation was resumed
during the morning hours.
That morning, Mr. Esmail
asked to see his brother,
Shukri, and on that same
afternoon; was allowed to
meet him as requested. He
also had a meeting with the
American Consul that af-
ternoon at 4:30 p.m. on the
initiative of the police.
"On Dec. 26 during his
investigation, Mr. Esmail
said he wished to com-
pose a written confes-
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sion. He was given a few
sheets of paper and a pen
with which he wrote a
nine-page confession
which he then signed. It is
to be stressed, that Mr.
Esmail was alone in his
cell while writing his con-
fession.
"On that same day, at the
early hours of noon, Mr.
Esmail complained of a
feverish cold. A doctor at-
tended him at 1:15 p.m. and
prescribed aspirin to reduce
the fever. Asked by the
police, the doctor decided
that Mr. Esmail was fit to
stay in detention.
"On Dec. 27, at 1:30 p.m.,
Mr. Esmail handed the
signed, hand-written con-
fession to a police officer and
then gave a further state-
ment.
On the following day,
Dec. 28, Mr. Esmail was
taken to see his sick father
at Ramallah. On that same
day, he met with his lawyer,
Felicia Langer, at Petah
Tikva Police Station. His
brother was present at this
meeting. Mr. Esmail made
a second visit to Ramallah
in order to attend his
father's funeral. On this oc-
casion he spent three hours,
unhandcuffed, accompanied
by three guards.
"Mr. Esmail was not in-
terrogated for lengthy
periods of time without food
or rest as stated in his com-
plaint but was allowed both
food and rest as well as sleep
at night. Up until Dec. 30,
on no occasion did he comp-
lain of mistreatment.
"On Dec. 23, he appeared
before a judge in court
where the police requested
an extension of his deten-
tion. The court record shows
that he made no complaint
of any ill-treatment what-
soever.
On Dec. 26, when
examined by the physi-
cian, he made no com-
plaint whatsoever as to
any ill-treatment. This is
reflected in the medical
report.
"Mr. Esmail has been de-
tained in a cell 3 meters
long by 1.5 meters wide by 4
meters high. The cell has an
adjoining rest room, elec-
tricity, bed and five blan-
kets. He is given reading
material at his request.
This has been confirmed by
Mr. Esmail as stated in a
letter sent to the police by
U.S. Consul S. Weiss on
Jan. 16.
"There is no record what-
soever in the police files of a
hunger strike. No mention
of a hunger strike was made
by Mr. Esmail to the exa-
mining physician and there
appears not to have been
such an occurrence.
"The officers interrogat-
ing Mr. Esmail have em-
phatically denied usini
physical force or threats or
the offensive behavior al-
leged. Mr. Esmail, through-
out his detention, has been
visited by U.S. Consular of-
ficials, his relatives and has
been in contact with his
lawyer.
"Mr. Esmail's arrest, de-
tention and interrogation
has been fully in compliance
with police and judicial reg-
ulations and no measures of
compulsion were used to ob-
tain the statements by Mr.
Esmail."
Following a story
about the case, printed in
Wayne State University's
student newspaper, the
South End, Louis Panush
of the Zionist Organiza-
tion of America - Detroit
District, obtained a copy
of the indictment against
Esmail from the Israeli
Embassy in Washington
and sent it to the paper.
The indictment charges
that Esmail was recruited
for the PFLP in 1976 while
he was a student at the Uni-
versity of Michigan. The in-
dictment states that Esmail
was given an alias and
travelled to Libya for physi-
cal and weapons training.
Arab student groups and
several U.S. organizations
have charged that Esmail
was tortured into signing a
confession written in Heb-
rew, and stated that Israel
is charging him, a U.S. citi-
zen, with an offense that is
not a crime in the U.S.
Spectators at the trial
have included U.S. Consul
James Ferr, Detroit attor-
ney Ernest Goodman repre-
senting the National
Lawyers Guild, and Robert
Barr and Ruth Ann Osborn
of Michigan State Universi-
ty's engineering depart-
ment where Esmail is a
graduate student.
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