Yigal Amir, the assassin of former prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, made a formal complaint in Petah Tikva's District Court on Monday, that he and his brother Hagi are the only prisoners in Israel held for such a long period in solitary confinement."Even security prisoners, Hamas prisoners, [northern branch of the Islamic movement head] Raed Salah and Marwan Barghouti are not kept in solitary confinement," said Amir in court.
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Amir and his brother have spent the last 15 years in solitary confinement.He requested that authorities transfer him to the prison section for religious prisoners, saying he was a one-time offender unlikely to repeat his actions.
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Amir and his brother have spent the last 15 years in solitary confinement.He requested that authorities transfer him to the prison section for religious prisoners, saying he was a one-time offender unlikely to repeat his actions.
