The family of Palestinian Authority critic Nizar Banat, who died in PA custody on Thursday, says it will not accept the results of a PA commission on Banat’s death.
Banat, a prominent critic of PA President Mahmoud Abbas, was allegedly beaten by PA officers during his arrest. His death sparked rare protests in Hebron and Ramallah calling for an end to Abbas’s 16-year rule.
The committee is composed of Justice Minister Mohammad Shalaldeh and a representative from the PA’s intelligence services. A representative from the Banat family and from the Independent Commission on Human Rights, a leading Palestinian civil society group, both withdrew from an investigation they deemed slanted.
The government’s committee is expected to deliver its conclusions to Abbas tomorrow, the official PA WAFA news agency said last night.
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