ANKARA - Turkish Parliamentary Human Rights Commission Chairman Mehmet Elkatmis and three Turkish parliamentarians cancelled their visit to Israel to monitor the trial of Palestinian parliamentarian Merwan Barghouti, who is kept in an Israeli prison, since their procedures could not be completed, sources said on Friday.
Sources told A.A correspondent that parliamentarians had decided to go to Israel to monitor the Court session which would be held on June 6, but could not go there since procedures had not been completed.
Turkish-Palestinian Interparliamentary Friendship Group Chairman Huseyin Tanriverdi and seven parliamentarians went to Palestine in May and focused on situation of two Palestinian parliamentarians in prison.
Head of Palestinian legislative council had sent a letter to Turkish Parliament Speaker Bulent Arinc and asked Turkey to launch initiatives to free two Palestinian parliamentarians who were kept in an Israeli prison and who were exposed to mal-treatment.
Arinc gave the letter to Parliamentary Human Rights Commission and asked the commission to deal with the issue.
(AY) 04.06.2004