UN Special Rapporteurs on Torture and Health urge Israel to drop force-feeding bill
In an exceptional move, Professor Juan Mendez, the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, and Mr. Anand Grover, the UN Special Rapporteur on Health asked the Knesset not to enact the force-feeding bill, and not to force Palestinian detainees on hunger-strike to receive any medical treatment against…