[CO-alert: War Resisters’ International’s mailing list] [ on conscientious objectors facing repression ] ISR13225-13226-13227-140403 14 April 2003 War Resisters’ International learned about three more conscientious objectors who have been imprisoned in Israel recently, on top of those who were included in the last co-alert emails (http://wri-irg.org/news/htdocs/07042003b.html and http://wri-irg.org/news/htdocs/20030407a.html) Yoel Perlman (ISR13225) is a pacifist. He sent an open letter to Shaul Mofaz, the Israeli Minister for Defence on April 3, 2003, declaring his conscientious objection. On 6 April, he went to the induction base and was sentenced to 28 days in Military Prison No 4. He is due out on 4 May 2003. Yaron Beeri (ISR13226) was sentenced to 28 days in Military Prison No 4 on 7 April 2003, for refusing to serve in the Occupied Territories. He is due out on 5 May. Rotem Ronen (ISR13227) was sentenced to 13 days in Military Prison No 4 on 5 April 2003. He is due out on 18 April. War Resisters’ International calls for letters of support to these conscientious objectors, and to all others listed in earlier co-alerts: Yoel Perlman (Mil ID 039777354) Yaron Beeri Rotem Ronen Military Prison No. 4 Military Postal Code 02507 IDF, Israel War Resisters’ International calls for protest letters to the Israeli authorities, and Israeli embassies abroad. A protest email to Shaul Mofaz (Minister of Defence) can be sent at http://www.wri-irg.org/co/alerts/20030414a.html . War Resisters’ International calls for the immediate release of Yoel Perlman, Yaron Beeri, Rotem Ronen, and all other imprisoned conscientious objectors. Andreas Speck War Resisters’ International Addresses Shaul Mofaz Minister of Defence, Ministry of Defence, 37 Kaplan st., Tel-Aviv 61909, Israel. e-mail: mailto:sar@mod.gov.il or mailto:pniot@mod.gov Fax: +972-3-696-27-57 / +972-3-691-69-40 / +972-3-691-79-15 (to send a protest email, go to http://www.wri-irg.org/co/alerts/20030414a.html) Commander of Military Prison No. 4, Military Postal Code 02507 IDF, Israel Fax: +972-3-957-52-76 Commander of Military Prison No 6 Military Prison No 6 Military postal number 01860, IDF, Israel. FAX: +972-4-869-28-84 Addresses of Israeli embassies can be found at http://www.embassyworld.com/embassy/israel1.htm Addresses of Israeli media: Ma’ariv: 2 Karlibach st. Tel-Aviv 67132 Israel Fax: +972-3-561-06-14 e-mail: editor@maariv.co.il Yedioth Aharonoth: 2 Moses st. Tel-Aviv Israel Fax: +972-3-608-25-46 Ha’aretz (Hebrew): 21 Schocken st. Tel-Aviv, 61001 Israel Fax: +972-3-681-00-12 Ha’aretz (English edition): 21 Schocken st. Tel-Aviv, 61001 Israel Fax: +972-3-512-11-56 e-mail: letters@haaretz.co.il Jerusalem Post: P.O. Box 81 Jerusalem 91000 Israel Fax: +972-2-538-95-27 e-mail: news@jpost.co.il or letters@jpost.co.il Jerusalem Report: Fax: +972-2-537-94-89 Radio (fax numbers): Kol-Israel +972-2-531-33-15 and +972-3-694-47-09 Galei Tzahal +972-3-512-67-20 Television (fax numbers): Channel 1 +972-2-530-15-36 Channel 2 +972-2-533-98-09 War Resisters’ International Conscientious Objection and Conscription Documentation Centre 5 Caledonian Road * London N1 9DY * Britain Tel.: +44 20 7278 4040 * Fax: +44 20 7278 0444 Email: concodoc@wri-irg.org * http://wri-irg.org
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