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| Hot Lava | Palestinians 'routinely tortured' in Israeli jails
Palestinians 'routinely tortured' in Israeli jails | Israel and the Middle East | Guardian Unlimited Quote:
Palestinians detained by Israeli security forces are routinely tortured and ill-treated, according to a new report published by Israeli human rights groups yesterday. The ill-treatment, which includes beatings, sensory deprivation, back-bending, back-stretching and other forms of physical abuse, contravenes international law and Israeli law, the report says.
The Centre for the Defence of the Individual and B'Tselem, an Israeli human rights group, compiled the report after interviewing 73 Palestinians who had been arrested in 2005 and 2006.
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