US-Made Electroshock Weapons Used to Torture Palestinians in Israeli Prisons, Investigators Find
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cair.comCAIR Demands U.S. Firm Halt Shipment of Electroshock Weapons to Israel for Use in Torture Against Palestinian Detainees
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today demanded that a U.S. manufacturer of electroshock weapons stop sending its devices to Israel following an investigative report revealing their systematic use in the torture and abuse of Palestinian detainees.According to an investigation published by The Guardian and Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism, American com…
US-made electroshock weapons used to torture Palestinians in Israeli prisons, investigators find
LONDON: Israeli forces used US-made electroshock weapons to torture Palestinian detainees, according to a report published by The Guardian on Thursday. An investigation, conducted by the newspaper and Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism, identified four former Palestinian detainees who said Israeli personnel tortured them with weapons resembling Tasers manufactured by the American company Axon Enterprise. The findings raised questions ab…
AN INVESTIGATION reveals that Israeli forces are using American Axon electric shockers to torture Palestinian prisoners, supported by testimonies and UN reports of systematic abuse.
The British newspaper The Guardian documented the use by the Israeli occupying forces of electrocutions produced by the American company Axon in the torture of Palestinian prisoners.
Palestinian prisoners in Israeli custody are likely being tortured with electroshock guns made by the American company Axon, formerly Taser International, according to research by the Guardian and the Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism network.
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