Palestinians are being beaten, tortured and killed in Israeli prisons, says Qadura Fares, head of Palestinian Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs - Anadolu Ajansı
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' GENEVA - The UN Human Rights Office today published a report on arbitrary, prolonged and incommunicado detention by
Israeli authorities, affecting thousands of Palestinians since last October. The report also covers allegations of torture and
other forms of cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment, including sexual abuse of women and men.
Since 7 October, thousands of Palestinians - including medical staff, patients and residents fleeing the conflict, as well as
captured fighters - have been taken from Gaza to Israel, usually shackled and blindfolded. Thousands more have been
detained in the West Bank and Israel. They have generally been held in secret, without being given a reason for their detention,
access to a lawyer or effective judicial review, the report states.
At least 53 Palestinian detainees are known to have died in Israeli military facilities and prisons since 7th October.
Conditions in military-run detention facilities appear worse, the report states, adding children were among those held, in some
cases jointly with adults.
Detainees said they were held in cage-like facilities, stripped naked for prolonged periods, wearing only diapers. Their
testimonies told of prolonged blindfolding, deprivation of food, sleep and water, and being subjected to electric shocks and
being burnt with cigarettes. Some detainees said dogs were released on them, and others said they were subjected to
waterboarding, or that their hands were tied and they were suspended from the ceiling. Some women and men also spoke of
sexual and gender-based violence.
At least 53 Palestinian detainees are known to have died in Israeli military facilities and prisons since 7th October.
