#CAIR: Tampa teenager brutally beaten by Israeli police interviewed today by United Nations investigators Tariq Abu Khdeir takes part in international inquiry opened into allegations of arbitrary arrests, detention and mistreatment of children in the West Bank last summer TAMPA - Tariq Abu Khdeir, the Tampa teenager brutally beaten by Israeli police last summer in Jerusalem, was interviewed by Skype this morning from his Tampa home by officials with the Geneva-based United Nations Human Rights Council Commission of Inquiry into the 2014 Gaza Conflict. The Florida Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR Florida), which arranged the interview, views the development as a significant step toward identifying gross violations of civil rights and human rights by Israeli police and military personnel that CAIR Florida believes were flagrant during last summers hostilities. Under an agreement with the Commission, Tariq was alone taking questions from officials in Geneva, and the questions, answers and initial findings of his 30-minute interview at 7 a.m. today ET will be kept confidential until the inquiry is complete. This investigation is a clear signal that the United Nations itself has serious concerns about the bad conduct of Israeli police and military personnel during the violence in Gaza, and particularly the brutal beating and unlawful confinement suffered by this Tampa teenager, declared Hassan Shibly, Chief Executive Director of CAIR Florida. We welcome the investigation as another chapter in this tragic case, and will cooperate fully as the United Nations seeks to identify all wrongdoing and bring those responsible to justice.
Posted on: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 05:45:41 +0000