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Lawyer: 2 minors being held in Israeli prison beaten with rifles

Ma’an News Agency | (updated) 31/08/2014 20:22 HEBRON (Ma’an) — Two Palestinian youths being held in Israel’s Etzion detention center south of Bethlehem have been beaten by Israeli officers, a lawyer from the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society said Sunday. Jacklin Fararja recently visited Badri Abu Zalata, 14, and Kazhim al-Najjar, 16, and said they told her […]

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Israeli Terrorism Update | Jordanian Family: “Israel Tortured Our Son To Death”

 Thursday August 07, 2014 09:00 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies A Jordanian family is accusing Israel of arresting and torturing their son to death, after detaining him during a protest, in Tel Aviv, in solidarity with the Palestinians in Gaza. File – http://alarabalyawm.net The family in Amman – Jordan said Wa’el Salim Mustafa, […]

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Report: Israel exercises torture against Palestinian female prisoners

[ PIC 26/11/2013 – 06:00 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The Palestinian Prisoners Center for Studies said in a report that the Israeli occupation has been exercising all forms of torture and violence against Palestinian female prisoners in its jail. The center’s report was marking the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women that […]

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IPS continues to isolate severely tortured Nahar al-Saadi for the 5th month

[ PIC 05/10/2013 – 08:11 AM ] JENIN, (PIC)– The Israeli Prison Service (IPS) continued to isolate the Palestinian prisoner Nahar al-Saadi, 32, for the fifth month in a row without any legal justification, preventing him from family visits. The isolated prisoner in Rimonim prison Nahar al-Saadi, serving 4 life sentences and 20 years, was […]

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651 Palestinians lost or imprisoned in Syria, 74 death by torture

Live Blog: The Genocide on Palestinian Refugees in Syria Live Blog: Israel Bombs Syria Middle East Monitor | Oct 2, 2013 The Working Group for Palestinians in Syria has announced that 74 Palestinian died after suffering severe torture in Syrian prisons. In a press release, spokesperson of the group Tariq Hamoud also said that the […]

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Testimonies Prove Israel Tortures Palestinian Children

09/12/2013 | Stephen Lendman | Sabbah Report On August 22, B’Tselem headlined “Abuse and torture in interrogations of dozens of Palestinian minors in the Israel Police Etzion Facility.” More on that below. Previous articles discussed torturing, abusing, and otherwise mistreating Palestinian children young as 10. Sometimes younger. In July, Israel arrested and terrorized a five-year old boy. […]

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High sentences by Israel against 3 (alleged) members of (resistance) al-Qassam Brigades

[ PIC 07/09/2013 – 10:17 AM ] BETHLEHEM, (PIC)– Ahrar Center for Prisoners’ Studies and Human Rights denounced the Israeli court’s unfair sentences against three Palestinians from Shawawra village in Bethlehem. The Israeli court has sentenced three Palestinians to 9 years in addition to imposing a fine of 10 thousand shekels (2800 dollars) on each […]

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The @BBC urged not to award security contract to G4S

PressTV | Sun Sep 1, 2013 8:16AM GMT British group the Palestine Solidarity Campaign is calling on the BBC not to award an £80 million security contract to G4S security company over its involvement in human rights abuses of Palestinians in the Israeli regime’s jails. The BBC announced earlier this year that it is putting […]

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Captive Awab Mubarak subjected to Israel’s physical and psychological torture

[ PIC 31/08/2013 – 03:33 PM ] NABLUS, (PIC)– Captive Awab Ahmed Mubarak, 20-year-old, has been and still is subjected to physical and psychological torture in the Israeli interrogation centers, Tadamun Foundation said. The researcher at the foundation, Ahmad al-Beitawi, said on Saturday that Awab has been subjected to continuous interrogation for 20 hours per […]

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B’Tselem: Palestinian children tortured to force confession

Al Ray Agencies | Aug 25, 2013 Memo – The Israeli human rights organization B’Tselem issued a report on Thursday stating that “Palestinian citizens, mostly minors, have been subjected to harassment and torture at the hands of Israeli interrogators in an attempt to force them to confess to private security offenses related to throwing stones.” […]

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VIDEO | Israeli torture of Palestinians (Including children) ~ by @PressTV

Published on Jun 21, 2013 by PressTV The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child has reported that Israeli forces are mistreating Palestinian children, including torturing those in custody and using others as human shields. In this edition of the show we will discuss the extent of the torture, and whether what Israel is […]

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UN committee slams Israeli forces’ torture of Palestinian children

Palestinian children play near the Shati refugee camp in Gaza City on 19 June 2013. (Photo: AFP – Mohammed Abed) Al Akhbar English | Published Thursday, June 20, 2013 A United Nations human rights body accused Israel on Thursday of mistreating Palestinian children, including by torturing those in custody and using others as human shields. […]

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Al-Sakhel family reveals more details about Saadi al-Sakhel’s death

[ PIC 17/06/2013 – 06:55 PM ] NABLUS, (PIC)– Al-Sakhel family, from Nablus, revealed that Haitham Zahran, an officer at PA Intelligence services, was behind the arrest of Saadi al-Sakhel before his death. The family held the officer responsible for the father’s death who died in PA Intelligence headquarters a few hours after his arrest […]

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Haj Saadi Alsakhal dies under torture in PA jails

[ PIC 15/06/2013 – 05:36 PM ] NABLUS, (PIC)– Haj Saadi Alsakhal died on Saturday afternoon in PA Intelligence headquarters in Nablus few hours after his arrest from his workplace, the Families of Political Prisoners Committee in the West Bank said. The committee stated that PA forces broke violently into Haj Alsakhal’s workplace this morning […]

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Torture: Israeli interrogators break the skull of Palestinian captive

[ PIC 10/06/2013 – 07:47 PM ] JENIN, (PIC)– Palestinian detainee Mohammed Zakarne was cruelly interrogated by Israeli intelligence and suffered fractured skull as a result. Kamel Zakarne, Mohammed’s brother, said on Monday that Mohammed suffered other injuries during interrogation in Jalama detention center. He pointed out that Mohammed was already suffering a serious condition […]

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