On March 13, Arafat promised to review the above death...

On March 13, Arafat promised to review the above death sentence. "In every case that the death sentence was carried out, it was because the people screamed for it," said Haidar Abdel Shafi, a former Palestinian peace negotiator and a frequent critic of Arafat. The Prisoners' Support and Human Rights Association issued a statement calling for civilian courts, saying the military court system "contradicts all internationally acceptable standards of human rights and the rule of law, and does not fulfill the conditions of a fair trial."