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NUMBER 0ALLIED VAN LINES AGENT IN MICHIGAN 1300 N Campbell 2253 Cole ROYAL OAK 541-3310 BIRMINGHAM 644-4612 AWED VAN LINES 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- 1 Jogai Raider Manger Irrna Laker Ilepresalabs SMW. Wpet Reprise glens Jack Islavitz Runselatirs Dada Dunks Maaagor NOW . . . Pay Once For Retirement Being unsure of future income, some of our members wanted to retire- ment plan without future payments. So we came up with a "Pay Once" deferred annuity. Call for details. 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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. "YOU'RE NUMBER ONE WITH ME! AL KLINE • DALGLEISH CADILLAC 6160 CASS AVE. TR 5-0300 photography Southfield at 13 Mile Rd. 646-8484 9ewefer —9rv. SELECTED JEWELRY CONIPLETE JEWELRY SERVICE 1:1720 . 9 Thle lid. Near Pro.t Office Oak Park- Mich. LI 7-5068 ::::::-:•:-:•:-:•:•:-:•:-:-:.:-:-:•:•:-:•:•:-:•:-:-:-:-:-:-:::;:::::::::;:;:::::::::;::::::::::::::::::::::;::: .... ... ELECTROLYSIS 1- WORKS! WE FOUND THAT OUT 16 YEARS AGO. 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