A Danish anti-torture group is renewing efforts to launch proceedings against Israel’s ambassador. Denmark’s justice minister rejected a similar effort two years ago on the grounds that Carmi Gillon, who critics charge was responsible for the torture of suspected terrorists when he was head of Israel’s Shin Bet security service, has diplomatic immunity.
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