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Ruth Halimi, at the funeral of her son Ilan.
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Mother of slain French Jew Ilan Halimi calls for public trial
By Haaretz Service
Tags: anti-Semitism, Israel News 

The mother of slain Parisian Jew Ilan Halimi has called for a public trial so that her son's death "will not have been in vain", French newspaper Le Figaro reported Tuesday.

The trial, which will open in Paris on April 29, is scheduled to be held behind closed doors at a juvenile court, because two of the 30 gang members allegedly behind Halimi's murder were minors at the time of the act.

French law allows for a public trial to be held in certain cases where juveniles are involved.
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Halimi, 23, was found naked, tortured and covered in burns near Paris on February 13, 2006, after being held captive by a gang calling itself "The Barbarians" for three weeks in a crime that shocked France and raised fears of surging anti-Semitism among French Muslims. He died of his injuries soon afterward.

He was reburied at the Givat Shaul cemetery in Jerusalem in February 2007.

Halimi's mother, Ruth, made the decision to reinter his body in Israel after speaking with Jewish Agency Chairman Ze'ev Bielsky.

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      1.   Shocking crime. 14:48  |  JBT 25/03/09
      2.   Barbarians? 15:16  |  Frank 25/03/09
      3.   The Barbarians 16:10  |  JBT 25/03/09
      4.   to #2 16:25  |  Sol 25/03/09
      5.   Shocking Crime. Barbarians? 16:39  |  Lou Medel 25/03/09
      6.   #5 17:06  |  Michael 25/03/09
      7.   It is not shockong crime - just regular muslims doing 17:13  |  17 25/03/09
      8.   #4 Sol and the Barbarians 17:28  |  Makevet 25/03/09
      9.   imagine if a jewish group killed a muslim this way 17:45  |  HAL TRIPP 25/03/09
      10.   #5 17:59  |  Jo 25/03/09
      11.   To: #9 Jews *DO* these things to muslims... In Palestine 18:08  |  Ali 25/03/09
      12.   #9 Hal Tripp 18:21  |  Lou Medel 25/03/09
      13.   slain French Jew Ilan Halimi 18:41  |  mark21 25/03/09
      14.   To Lou Mendel at no. 5 19:19  |  Mark Brandman 25/03/09
      15.   in response to Ali 19:39  |  eliyahu 25/03/09
      16.   To #8 19:41  |  Frank 25/03/09
      17.   Barbarians 20:03  |  Jackie 25/03/09
      18.   I`m sorry Ali if you don`t want to see the truth, but 20:25  |  Descendant 25/03/09
      19.   Jews in self-imposed exile 22:51  |  David Ben-Ariel 25/03/09
      20.   ALI Trying to dodge and deflect.He was tortured to death 09:57  |  PETER SM 26/03/09
      21.   Re# 1 Yes, these youngsters are educated 19:53  |  Ines 26/03/09
      22.   Re # 2 Barbarians all over --- 19:56  |  Ines 26/03/09
      23.   Re # 5 Lou Medel ... If You want to remember Gaza 20:34  |  Ines 26/03/09
      24.   Re# 6 You are right Michael 20:37  |  Ines 26/03/09
      25.   Ines from Jerusalem 10:03  |  zmogus 04/04/09
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