WAS THE PALESTINIAN TEACHER WHO DISCOVERED CORRUPTION KILLED BY THE PA?
WAS THE PALESTINIAN TEACHER WHO DISCOVERED CORRUPTION KILLED BY THE PA?
Thirty-six-year-oldNiveen Ekailan’s body was found by the Palestinian police near her apartment building in Birzeit on 16 July,
days after she disappeared.
Although an
autopsy performed by the Palestinian Institute of Forensic Medicine at Al-Quds
University concluded that Niveen plummeted to her death, many, including her
family, believe that she was killed.
Niveen’s family is refusing to receive her body until
another autopsy is performed by the Abu Kabir Forensic Institute in Tel Aviv,
as they do not believe the first autopsy was performed by an unbiased party.
The engineer and teacher continuously posted on social media
sites about the alleged corruption at the school she worked in for four years.
Her posts included documents, details and names of those involved in the
administrative and financial corruption. She also posted documents showing
letters and complaints she filed to various government officials and
institutions in order to investigate her claims.
She also sent letters to various higher institutions and
ministries regarding the threats she was receiving due to her claims. However,
no action was taken to remedy the situation. She was later forced to resign
from her job at the Dura Girls’ Vocational School.
Niveen and her family had come under pressure to
silence her claims. Her father told Al-Hurriya news agency that he was
approached by individuals asking him to file a report saying that his daughter
was mentally ill and to admit her to a mental institute.
However, herfather stressed that Niveen did not suffer from a mental illness and was about
to start her PhD in Computer Engineering at the University of Kassel in
Germany.
Her family said she has never been afraid to say
the truth and ultimately sacrificed her life for the sake of her morals and
values
They said
that they will reserve judgement regarding Niveen’s claims until investigations
prove who was involved, but they do believe that justice must be.
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