Friday, July 19, 2024

Israel illegally detaining, torturing Palestinians: Amnesty

from Daily Sabah

The London-based human rights organization Amnesty International on Thursday accused Israel of mistreating and torturing Palestinian prisoners.

Under the Unlawful Combatants Law, Israel systematically detains Palestinians "incommunicado," the group said, with the detainees being denied access to lawyers or contact with their families.

The report, based on interviews with 27 Palestinians including five women and a 14-year-old boy, includes allegations of torture, enforced disappearance, and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment by Israeli forces.

One man, a 57-year-old pediatrician detained during a raid on a hospital in Gaza City in December 2023, said he was kept handcuffed and blindfolded for 45 days at a military camp while suffering starvation and beatings...

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