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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 537

Public Defender's Office

Lawyers take part in a demonstration against the government's controversial plans to overhaul the judicial system, outside the Tel Aviv District Court on January 12, 2023. (Jack Guez/AFP)
January 13, 2023, 8:32 pm
Attorneys in state’s employ warned against protesting judicial overhaul
State Attorney Association gets legal opinion from private law firm on the matter after hundreds of lawyers rallied outside Tel Aviv court Thursday
By ToI Staff
Police detain protesters at a rally against police violence following the death of 19-year-old Solomon Tekah in Tel Aviv, July 3, 2019. (Neuberg/Flash90)
July 12, 2019, 9:36 am
Public Defender: Cops don’t properly probe complaints about own violent conduct
As Ethiopian-Israelis insist police internal investigations unit should play no part in examining fatal shooting of Solomon Tekah, a new report underlines the cause for concern
By Sue Surkes
Illustrative photo of Eshel Prison, undated. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
May 12, 2019, 8:52 am
Report finds inhumane treatment of inmates widespread in Israeli prisons
Inspectors detail binding of prisoners for days at a time, strip searches without proper cause, and cells infested by rats, bedbugs and cockroaches
By Michael Bachner
View of the Shita prison, located in northern Israel, February 28, 2013. (Moshe Shai/FLASH90)
September 5, 2016, 6:07 am
Many innocents likely held in Israeli prisons, new report says
In annual paper, Public Defender’s Office says systemic problems make it very hard to discover, overturn wrongful convictions
By ToI Staff
Illustrative photo of a guard in an Israeli prison (Abir Sultan/Flash 90)
August 3, 2015, 4:55 pm
New report reveals harsh conditions in Israeli jails
Public Defender’s Office finds widespread overcrowding, inadequate access to medical care and poor conditions at most facilities
By Tamar Pileggi
Illustrative. A person in handcuffs. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
September 14, 2014, 7:27 pm
Public defender report laments increased arrests
Policies by police commissioner to impose arrest quotas partially blamed for rise in number of Israelis in cuffs
By Stuart Winer
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (photo credit: FLASH90)
September 30, 2013, 4:05 pm
Missing Mahmoud
Netanyahu heads to Washington and New York to convince Barack Obama and the world that Iran still wants the bomb
By Ilan Ben Zion
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