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A prisoner seen making a phone call in Gilboa Prison, northern Israel, February 28, 2013. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
Palestinian prisoners left in the dark by Israel’s coronavirus restrictions
With family and lawyer visits canceled due to coronavirus, Palestinians in Israeli prisons, including minors, are now completely cut off from the world.
By Oren Ziv March 22, 2020
Hussein Dawabshe seen outside a court hearing in Lod, during a hearing on the attack on the West Bank village of Duma, where three members of the Dawabshe family were murdered, June 19, 2018. (Roy Alima/Flash90)
Torture ruling unites right and left, but leaves justice by the wayside
Both left and right-wingers hailed a decision by an Israeli court to throw out parts of confessions provided by two Israelis suspected of a murdering a Palestinian family because they were obtained through torture. The shared satisfaction across political camps is rare. It is also flawed and worrying. Both left-wing and right-wing voices lauded an Israeli court…
By Dahlia Scheindlin June 21, 2018
Jaffa protest in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners (Mati Milstein)
A law criminalizing torture: The first step on a long path
Unless a law to criminalize torture is passed, we cannot begin combatting the view that a human being’s body and soul can be abused for punishment or to extract information. By Rachel Stroumsa Representatives of the Israeli Justice Ministry announced last week in Geneva that the ministry is working on a law criminalizing torture in Israel. A…
By +972 Magazine May 11, 2016
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Dr. Ishai Menuhin, executive director of the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel (PCABI)
Open Mic: Israel has failed to outlaw torture
Israel Social TV gave a microphone and a camera to Dr. Ishai Menuchin, executive director of the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel (PCABI), and asked him to speak about Israel’s obligations under international treaties, its failure to outlaw torture, and its abysmal record of investigating allegations of torture by state agents. Related articles: Legal…
By Social TV November 24, 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
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