Human Rights Alert (NGO)

Joseph Zernik, PhD

PO Box 33407, Tel Aviv, Israel
123456xyz@gmail.com

(NGO)

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Joseph Zernik,
PhD
Date:
2014.08.15
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August 15, 2014
Attorney Hai Bar-El, CEO
Ogen - Non-profit Association for Fighting Corruption
By email: office@haibarel.com
RE: Request for legal opinion regarding the nature of recent meetings
between Israeli whistle-blower Rafi Rotem and staff of the State
Ombudsman's office
Your written response within 14 days is kindly requested.
Dear Attorney Bar-El:
Yesterday, while sitting with other activists outside the Tel-Aviv police station,
where Tax Authority whistle-blower Rafi Rotem was being interrogated, I
again noticed that some referred to Mr Rotem's recent meetings with staff of
the office of the State Ombudsman as "providing testimony".
In contrast, I could not find any such reference in written documents, pertaining
to the same meetings, which were issued by the State Ombudsman's office
before or after the same meetings.
Since you participated in at least some of these meetings as Mr Rotem's
Counsel, since you are the CEO of a public, non-profit organization, whose
mission is fighting corruption, I kindly request your legal opinion in this
matter:
Were you witness to any procedure, conducted during the above
referenced meetings, which constituted "providing testimony", pursuant
to the law of the State of Israel?
For example, was any affidavit, pursuant to the law of the State of
Israel, signed by Mr Rotem during any of these meetings?
Needless to say, the issue is central for the understanding by Mr Rotem's
supporters of the nature of current conduct of the office of the State
Ombudsman relative to Mr Rotem's case.
Truly,

Joseph Zernik, PhD

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* The Human Rights Alert (NGO) submission to the Human Rights Council of
the United Nations was incorporated into the 2010 Periodic Review Report
regarding Human Rights in the United States, with the note: "corruption of the
courts and the legal profession and discrimination by law enforcement in
California".
* The Human Rights Alert (NGO) submission to the Human Rights Council of
the United Nations was incorporated into the 2013 Periodic Review Report
regarding Human Rights in Israel, with the note: "lack of integrity of the
electronic records of the Supreme Court, the district courts and the detainees
"courts in Israel.
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