Shocking UN Report Exposes Widespread Torture of Palestinians in Israel
A damning new UN report alleges that Israel is systematically torturing Palestinian prisoners on an unprecedented scale as a form of collective punishment.
A scathing new report from the United Nations has revealed that Israel is systematically and routinely torturing Palestinian prisoners on an unprecedented scale as a form of punitive collective vengeance. The report, authored by UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese, paints a disturbing picture of the widespread use of torture tactics by Israeli authorities against Palestinian detainees.
According to the findings, torture in Israeli detention centers is being used as a systemic tool to intimidate, punish, and extract confessions from Palestinian prisoners, many of whom have not even been charged with a crime. The report cites numerous accounts of prisoners being subjected to beatings, stress positions, sleep deprivation, sensory deprivation, and other brutal interrogation methods that clearly violate international law.
Albanese, who was granted access to detention facilities as part of her investigation, described the mistreatment of Palestinian prisoners as a form of
Source: Al Jazeera
