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Israel routinely abuses Palestinian suspects-report
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The findings of the B'Tselem and HaMoked , Israeli human rights groups said in a new report that Israeli security interrogators torture Palestinian detainees.
The report was issued jointly by B'Tselem and the HaMoked Centre for the Defence of the Individual, after questioning 73 Palestinians from the occupied West Bank who were arrested between July 2005 and January 2006.
Those interviewed said they were subjected to "beatings, painful binding, swearing, humiliation and denial of basic needs".
B'Tselem and the HaMoked Centre for the Defence of the Individual condemned the methods employed by Israeli interrogators. The report says the beat them and do not allow them to sleep.
They that these measures are defined as torture under international law.
Israel's Justice Ministry said the findings by the B'Tselem and HaMoked organisations were "fraught with mistakes, groundless claims and inaccuracies".
The report was issued jointly by B'Tselem and the HaMoked Centre for the Defence of the Individual, after questioning 73 Palestinians from the occupied West Bank who were arrested between July 2005 and January 2006.
Those interviewed said they were subjected to "beatings, painful binding, swearing, humiliation and denial of basic needs".
B'Tselem and the HaMoked Centre for the Defence of the Individual condemned the methods employed by Israeli interrogators. The report says the beat them and do not allow them to sleep.
They that these measures are defined as torture under international law.
Israel's Justice Ministry said the findings by the B'Tselem and HaMoked organisations were "fraught with mistakes, groundless claims and inaccuracies".