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"This is where a harasser lives in the IPS service": a protest against the senior man suspected of sexual assault - Walla! News

2020-09-15T18:56:42.557Z


Activists hung a protest sign against Gondar who Ricky suspected of sexual harassment near his apartment building, and scattered messages condemning him for the cars parked nearby. "We wanted to show women that they are not alone and that we believe in them," said one of the activists. "We took it upon ourselves to deter"


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"Here lives a harasser in the IPS service": a protest against the senior man suspected of sexual assault

Activists hung a protest sign against Gondar who Ricky suspected of sexual harassment near his apartment building, and scattered messages condemning him for the cars parked nearby.

"We wanted to show women that they are not alone and that we believe in them," said one of the activists.

"We took it upon ourselves to deter"

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In the video: Gondar Asher Shrikki at the "Outside the Walls" conference of the Prison Service (Walla! NEWS system)

Feminist activists hung a protest sign against Gondar tonight (Tuesday) which Shrikki is near the house where he lives intermittently with his partner in Shoham.

The activity, from the "not silent" organization, even scattered flyers on vehicles parked near the house.

The sign, which was placed near the entrance to the building, read "Asher the Trick of Truth will be published."

A protest against Ricky comes after the publication in Walla!

NEWS, according to which the National Prison Investigation Unit at Blade 433 has opened a criminal investigation against him on suspicion of sexual harassment and abuse, after an undercover investigation conducted against him for several months.



The activity was attached to the windshields of the vehicles parked next to a flyer building that read: "Do you really know your neighbor Asher Shrikki? He is suspected of sexual harassment, abuse of power as a senior officer and in a power relationship."

The flyer also read that "non-silent organizations received numerous testimonies from women, clerks and service girls who were harmed by it. Would you really like it to be your neighbor? Help us apply public pressure to prosecute Asher Shrikki!"



In addition, "non-silent" activities even took pictures of the sign and flyers and distributed them on social media.

One of the activities told in a conversation with Walla!

NEWS that the protest action had two purposes.

"We wanted to show women that they are not alone and that we believe them. The feelings we got from the testimonies that came to us are women who are very afraid to complain about Ricky because he has a lot of power and he just manages to silence them," she said.

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"Women are afraid to complain."

Signs condemning Shrikki near the building (Photo: Non-Silent Organization)

She added that "we want them to see what we have done and know we are behind them."

She said, "The second goal was to deter. If the law enforcement system does nothing, then we will take it upon ourselves and we will deter it."



A senior police official confirmed the publication in Walla!

NEWS, according to which the National Unit for Prison Investigations in Blade 433 has opened a criminal investigation against Asher Shrikki.

A source close to the investigation added that only after the publication of the affair in Walla!

NEWS Police investigators have been able to collect complaints and evidence of sexual harassment and severe abuse on his part over the years.

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Women at the IPS claim that a senior member of the organization sexually harassed and had an affair with his orders

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Difficult conversation.

Acting IPS Commissioner Asher Vaknin together with Shrikki (Photo: IPS Spokeswoman)

Shrikki, who was in solitary confinement until last weekend due to contact with a verified corona patient, has not yet been questioned and police officials said he will be summoned for questioning with a warning in the near future.



In addition, to Walla!

NEWS It was learned that after the publication of the article, a difficult conversation took place between IPS Commissioner Asher Vaknin and Shrikki.

Senior IPS officials said Vaknin told him he had to go on forced leave, and Shrikki replied: "If you take me on forced leave, you will go out with me." Vaknin previously served as Shrikki's deputy. in real.

"Let them know we are behind them."

Signs condemning Shrikki near the building (Photo: Non-Silent Organization)

The investigation revealed that some women IPS testified whistle molested facts, and there is a sexual relationship with women who were subordinate to the parallel advancement in the ranks of the organization. According to witnesses, the senior also abused allegedly commands missed his advances.



Internal Security Minister Amir Ohana said that the investigation and voila! NEWS "Serious suspicions" arise, adding that "as long as the police find that there are materials in their possession, as published in an article in Walla!

NEWS, a reason to open an investigation, I am sure that they will clarify the matter to the end, as I expect the IPS to conduct an investigation as soon as they receive complaints on the subject. "



The IPS claimed in response to the article that since no formal sexual assault complaint had been filed, they could not advance proceedings in the matter. However, the Sexual Harassment Prevention Act requires the IPS to investigate the allegations, even if no complaint has been filed with the police.

Flyers condemning Shrikki to a vehicle near the building (Photo: Non-Silent Organization)

The director of the Women's Lobby in Israel, Michal Gera Margaliot, called on the IPS to urgently examine the claims of the women, and to provide support and assistance to the women who were harmed.

In a letter to IPS Commissioner Asher Vaknin, she wrote that "there is a grave concern that the IPS has a problematic organizational culture that allows for improper practices of harming and harassing women, and that criticism of these practices is silenced."



According to Gera Margaliot, "Harassment and sexual harassment are not only a matter for the women who are harmed - but for the organization as a whole and for Israeli society as a whole. .

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