Shmuel (Zengi) Meidad, CEO of the Honenu organization attacked the conviction of Amiram Ben Uliel.
"Today is a black day for the State of Israel and for Israeli citizens," said Meidad, "a day when a court in Israel gave its hands to convict a man whose innocence cries out to heaven."
"We believed that in the State of Israel there is value to human rights, such that a citizen who is tortured most harshly in the Shin Bet basements until forced to admit to a crime he did not commit will not be convicted based on such confessions. Such confessions are worth nothing. We believed that the court would not close its eyes in view of the many contradictions that emerged during the trial for the indictment. We believed, but we deluded ourselves. "