Rights group: Palestinians torture detainees with impunity

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Human Rights Watch calls for donor countries to cut off funding to Palestinian security forces. Report alleges that security forces use solitary confinement and beatings. Report comes a year after the death of Nizar Banat, an outspoken critic of the Palestinian Authority. His family says he died after security forces stormed his residence and beat him with metal batons.

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Reuters

Palestinians torture detained critics, rights group says

Palestinian authorities in the occupied West Bank and Gaza arbitrarily arrest and systematically torture critics and opponents, a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report said.

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The Guardian

Palestinian Authority routinely tortures detainees, says rights group

Human Rights Watch calls for donors to cut off funding to security forces and urges international court to investigate

1 month ago·London, United Kingdom

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CTV News

Palestinians torture detainees with impunity, Human Rights Watch says

Palestinian authorities in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip systematically torture critics in detention, a practice that could amount to crimes against humanity, an international rights group said Friday.

1 month ago·Toronto, Canada

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abc News

Rights group: Palestinians torture detainees with impunity

An international rights group says Palestinian authorities in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip systematically torture critics in detention, a practice that could amount to crimes against humanity

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Associated Press News

Rights group: Palestinians torture detainees with impunity

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Palestinian authorities in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip systematically torture critics in detention, a practice that could amount to crimes against humanity, an international rights group said Friday.

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The Washington Post

Rights group: Palestinians torture detainees with impunity

An international rights group says Palestinian authorities in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip systematically torture critics in detention, a practice that could amount to crimes against humanity

1 month ago·Washington, United States

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