Bob Carr (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

Again, this is relevant to my point: we have not got a capacity to conduct inquiries about these matters from our mission in Tel Aviv. We cannot summon witnesses, we cannot ask the prison administration, we cannot gain entry to the prison and we cannot inspect the cell. We are dependent for any insights into Mr Zygier's condition and Mr Zygier's treatment—especially in the last days in late 2010—on information the Israelis will give us or choose to give us.

We do know some things: we know that his family had 50 visits to him. During that 10 months or so that he was in prison we know that neither his family nor his legal representatives made any request of the Australian embassy or any other Australian government instrumentality for further consular representation. (Time expired)