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ADL questions timing and circumstances of Argentinian prosecutor Alberto Nisman's death

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) said Monday it was ‘’shocked and deeply saddened’’ by news of the death of Alberto Nisman, the Argentine special prosecutor investigating the 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish community center in Buenos Aires, which killed 85 people and wounded hundreds more.
ADL called the death of Mr. Nisman “another tragic episode that will extend the decades-long delays in bringing the Iranian masterminds and perpetrators to justice.”
Nisman, 51, was reportedly found dead from a gunshot wound in his bathroom Sunday afternoon. The official cause of death is undetermined, pending an autopsy.
He was due to take part in a closed-door hearing in parliament on Monday to discuss recent findings of his ongoing investigation into the terrorist attack.
‘’We are shocked and deeply saddened by news of the death of Alberto Nisman, a courageous and principled seeker of truth and justice who cared deeply for the victims of the AMIA bombing and their families and pursued his investigation wherever the facts took him,’’ said ADL’s national director Abraham H.Foxman.
‘’He was a true believer in justice, the rule of law, and the role of the judiciary as a bulwark against political maneuvers to derail his investigation and prevent justice for the victims,’’ he continued.
For the ADL, Nisman’s death ‘’is another tragic episode in the sordid saga of Argentina’s failure to act decisively and unceasingly to find, arrest and prosecute those responsible for the AMIA terror attack.’’
His death, it said, ‘’will extend the decades-long delays in bringing the Iranian masterminds and perpetrators to justice.’’
ADL questioned the timing and circumstances of Nisman’s death, coming just days after he released detailed allegations of high-level government attempts to evade his investigation and hours before he was scheduled to present additional details to members of the Argentine Congress.
‘’A full and transparent investigation is needed to conclusively determine all of the circumstances surrounding his untimely death,’’ the Jewish human rights group said.

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