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Israeli soldiers arrest a Palestinian youth, who shows signs of being beaten, following a demonstration against the occupation and in support of Palestinian prisoners the West Bank city of Hebron, March 1, 2013. (photo: Ryan Rodrick Beiler/Activestills.org)

Palestinian kids detail abusive interrogations, arrests

Basic rights that are inalienable for Israeli kids are at best a privilege for Palestinian kids in the OPT. Testimonies of arrested Palestinian children shed light on the Israeli army’s worrisome practices. By Fady Khoury On the back of the 47th anniversary of the Israeli occupation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT), one aspect that is…

By +972 Magazine June 8, 2014

African asylum seekers show scars caused by torture from human smugglers in the Sinai desert, February 11, 2013. (Photo by Activestills.org)

What the bones remember: Israeli doctors talk torture

How can signs of deliberate physical injury be detected years after they were caused? What are the physical and psychological ramifications of torture for its victims? How can we cope with the moral dilemmas raised by treating captives and prisoners? Physicians who attended the first workshop in Israel devoted to locating and treating torture victims…

By +972 Magazine April 1, 2014

Palestinian Activist Razi Nabulsi hugs his mothers following his release from jail, in Haifa court, October 16, 2013. (Photo: Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

Israeli police lock up Haifa activist for Facebook statuses

Police detained and held Razi Nabulsi, a young Palestinian from Haifa for a week for statuses he posted to Facebook and Twitter, claiming they constituted incitement. The catch? Even though the statuses were posted publicly on the Internet, police declared them to be secret evidence and refused to publicly say in court what he was…

By +972 Magazine October 17, 2013

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"M" in hospital with a broken leg after being assaulted by a settler security officer (Photo: Yesh Din)

‘You think filing a complaint will restore your rights?’

An Israeli police interrogator exposes the true farce that is the ‘rule of law’ in the West Bank, when it comes to Palestinians at least. The abuse of a boy as a microcosm of the occupation. By Yesh Din, written by Yossi Gurvitz This past June, we reported on an unusually severe incident next to…

By +972 Magazine September 18, 2013

Ayalon prison facility, near the city of Ramla (photo: Activestills)

Palestinian prisoner dies in Israeli interrogation center

A Palestinian man died in Israeli custody, reportedly during or after being interrogated by Israel on Saturday. The death comes amid spreading West Bank protests in solidarity with hunger striking prisoners. Near Nablus, settlers reportedly shoot a Palestinian man in the stomach. A 30-year-old Palestinian man, Arafat Jaradat, died while in Israeli custody today. According…

By Mya Guarnieri Jaradat February 23, 2013

Gov’t interrogations decision will prompt increased use of torture

A recent decision to prevent the recording of security interrogation means a return to the norms of the witch trials. The Israeli government recently made permanent a temporary order – in force for 11 years – that permits the police to avoid documenting security interrogations, Haaretz has reported (Hebrew). Regular criminal interrogations are taped; that will not…

By Yossi Gurvitz March 19, 2012