Matan Cohen arrested by IDF soldiers (Photo: Ma'an)
Dear friends,
I write to you with great urgency today:
On 19 November 2009, the Tel Aviv District Court ruled against me in the lawsuit regarding my injury during a protest in the West Bank in February 2006. (I was shot, together with 14 others, with several bullets, one of which hit my eye, and partially blinded me.) See
http://www.haaretz.com/news/youth-17-says-shot-in-the-eye-by-border-police-officers-1.181116
Not only that, the judge also ruled I pay some 78.000NIS ($20,000) in compensation to the state, as she deemed it a “frivolous lawsuit.”
As I appeal the ruling to the Supreme Court, on December 22, 2011, I urgently require, by early July, the reminder of those 78.000 NIS. I was able to pay some with the help of a similar appeal for donations some months back, but I still owe over half that some. If we fail to find the money, I might be imprisoned.
I’d be very grateful if you could possibly support this plea in one way or another.
Money can be sent via PayPal to: matankohen2@gmail.com
OR
Via the following link: http://www.awalls.org/donations Please write when donating that the money is designated for Matan Cohen’s Legal Appeal. (Donations can be tax-deductible in the U.S.)
All the very best,
matan
