Monday, June 15, 2020

Bethlehem, West Bank




A woman takes a picture of a mural of Iyad Hallak, a 32-year-old autistic Palestinian man shot dead by Israeli police, painted by artist Taqi Spateen on a section of Israel’s separation barrier.
Photograph: Musa Al Shaer/AFP/Getty Images
Petition to release security footage of police shooting special needs Palestinian struck down in court
The mother of Iyad al-Hallak, a 32-year-old special needs Palestinian shot dead by Israel Border Police in East Jerusalem, said Friday the authorities were hiding the footage of the incident from the public eye.

He was spotted carrying what the police described as a "suspicious object," fled after being told to freeze and was shot during the chase that followed.

Iyad's family said the object was likely Iyad's cellphone. A petition was filed by the family requesting that footage of Iyad's death be released, but an Israeli court struck it down last week following a police request…..


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