MK Nitzan Horowitz (Meretz) said Wednesday that three years ago he sent a letter to the Attorney-General concerning reports of a secret prisoner, saying that such a scenario was illegal.
Speaking at the Knesset plenum, a day after a report of a mysterious prisoner who committed suicide in an Israeli jail swept the media, Horowitz said he was assured in 2010 that the situation was under control.
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Meretz leader Zehava Gal-On also questioned, "how can Israel in the 21st century put people in jail who die there without the public or elected officials knowing?"
