Figure.
Zernik
v State of Israel et al (7631/17) -
criminal appeal - in the Supreme Court: Public access to the entire
court file is denied. The case was designated "Sealed" upon
filing.
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At
the time of filing, the Appeal was immediately listed as "Sealed"
with no due reasoning. Therefore, Request for Unsealing was
immediately filed. The Request for Unsealing claims that there is no
lawful reason for sealing in this case, and the Office of the Clerk's
designation of the case "Sealed" was in error. [2]
Public
access to the Tel-Aviv District court file is denied, but Judge
Heiman has failed to decide so far on a request to produce a lawfully
made sealing, or gag order - which apparently does not exist in this
case. Hearing are routinely conducted in open court, but are
falsely watermarked on the protocol records "Closed Doors".
The State Attorney Office wrote that the the case is "Open
to the Public", but on of the Defendants' counsel wrote that
there are "publication restrictions"... Such vague
and ambiguous conditions, pertaining to the Tel-Aviv District court
file are probably the reason that Israeli media fail to report on
this important case.
The
Appeal and all its attachments were filed as bi-lingual records -
Hebrew and English, since the underlying matter pertains to
competence and integrity of the Israeli courts, and it
documents clear and present danger to Liberty and fundamental
Human Rights of all residents of the State of Israel. A recent
submission to the UN Human Rights Council for the 4-year Universal
Periodic Review, documents such circumstances in Israel, alleging,
"incompetence and/or corruption of the courts and the legal
profession, and discrimination by law enforcement in Israel".
Since
the original detention of the Shem-Tov and Leybel in late February
2017, Israel protest activists have been showing up in court and
carefully monitoring the case, which is one of a series of cases,
where the Israeli courts are acting to repress social protest and
persecute whistle-blowers. [3]
Lori
Shem-Tov and Moti Leybel are leaders of protest against corruption of
the family courts and the welfare system, particularly the taking of
children from their biological parents and placing them with
surrogate families of institutions, in other cases - giving them for
adoption. The majority of affected families are poor, and the
system produced a small industry around handling such children.
Shem-Tov and Leybel are charged with demonstration against
involved judges and welfare staff, and online publications, which
defame judges, attorneys and welfare staff.
The
case has produced unique documentation of abuse by the Israeli
justice and law enforcement system.
Figure. "Serious
indictment: This is how the Internet Terror group operated".
Israeli TV Channel 10 evening news broadcast, with drawn guns in the
background, portraying Shem-Tov and Leybel as violent criminals.
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Immediately following the initial detention, Israeli media engaged in a coordinated defamatory campaign, where they were presented as an "Internet Terror Group", with claims of "Extortion". Defense Counsel complained in court that such campaign was fed by the Israel Police and the Prosecution, while the Court purportedly placed the entire matter under seal.
Figure. Chief Legal Counsel of the Administration of Courts, Attorney Barak Laser was initially detained and interrogated, since it turned out that he leaked to the bloggers some of the documents that they published online.
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Initially, Chief Legal Counsel of the Administration of Courts was detained and interrogated, as it turned out that he leaked some of the documents that were published by Shem-Tov and Leybel. However, he was not indicted, and returned to his office within a couple of weeks...
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