‘Welcome to Hell’, Testimonies from Palestinian Prisoners Describe Torture and Violence in Israeli Jails

Dozens of Palestinians who have been held in Israeli prisons and detention centers since the beginning of the war in Gaza describe experiences of torture, sexual abuse, violence, humiliation, starvation and denial of adequate medical treatment, according to a new report published on Monday evening, August 5, by Israeli human rights organization B’Tselem. The report,…

NGO Demands Immediate Criminal Probe of Police Torture in Nazareth

Lawyers from Adalah – The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel – have collected multiple sworn affidavits testifying to rampant, systemic attacks and brutal beatings of young Arab protesters by Israeli police, including innocent bystanders, children, and even attorneys inside the Nazareth police station during the period of widespread protests in the city…

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Joint List Urges Opening of Probe into Torture of Jailed Palestinian

The Joint List sent a letter on Monday, September 30, to Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit urging him to immediately open an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the hospitalization in critical condition of a Palestinian activist after he was interrogated by Israel’s security services. According to Arabic language Communist newspaper Al-Ittihad the letter sent by the…