Janan Abdu

Janan Abdu is a lawyer, researcher, and human rights activist in the legal department of the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel.

Recent Articles
Illustration of an Israeli prison, January 21, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/FLASH90)
I represent a Palestinian woman in Israeli prison. Now I can’t reach her
Israel locked down its prisons at the start of the Iran war, barring almost all lawyer visits and leaving my client without a voice beyond her cell.
By Janan Abdu March 23, 2026
Prisoners seen at a courtyard in a prison in southern Israel, February 14, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
The writing was on the wall for Israel’s torture of prisoners
The government has ensured that horrific practices in sites like Sde Teiman can continue with impunity, in violation of international law and medical ethics.
By Janan Abdu May 14, 2024
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  2. ‘NAZA’ is forcing Israelis to reflect. But we Palestinians are not your mirror
  3. A restored history of Jewish anti-Zionism — and the loss it cannot repair
  4. ‘The Gaza Holocaust won't be forgotten’: An Israeli musician screams into the void
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  2. ‘Lavender’: The AI machine directing Israel’s bombing spree in Gaza
  3. ‘Survival of the nation’: Israel’s obsession with dead soldiers’ sperm
  4. The myth of Israel's Arab doctors
  5. A restored history of Jewish anti-Zionism — and the loss it cannot repair