Al Mezan Heart for Human Rights says 2,650 Palestinians taken from Gaza since October stay in Israeli custody.
Palestinian detainees are enduring extreme physical and psychological torture in Israeli amenities, the Al Mezan Heart for Human Rights has stated, calling for accountability for the abuses.
The prisoners “have been uncovered bare to the scorching solar whereas standing on sharp gravel stones, subjected to verbal abuse, and threatened with rape, loss of life, and bombing, together with threats in opposition to their households”, it stated in an announcement on Tuesday.
The rights group stated that current testimony and proof “reveal a degree of violence that resounds with the atrocities documented in Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib”, referring to the United States-run detention facility in Cuba and the jail in Iraq the place US troopers abused detainees.
Al Mezan stated that the detainees have additionally been “disadvantaged of meals, water, sleep, and entry to sanitation for prolonged durations, all whereas going through extraordinarily harsh dwelling situations”.
The group estimated at the least 2,650 Palestinians taken from the Gaza Strip after October 7 stay in Israeli custody, together with 12 youngsters and two girls.
Amongst them, roughly 300 are going through trials, whereas 2,350 are categorized as “illegal combatants” and not using a outlined detention interval or particular expenses.
Al Mezan stated the torture has resulted in a number of deaths however there was no definitive report of the overall variety of Palestinians who’ve died in Israeli custody.
The Palestinian Prisoner’s Membership disclosed the complete identities of twenty-two Palestinians who died because of torture or medical negligence.
“The focusing on of Palestinian residents of Gaza seems to be a part of a broader sample of abuse, per the crime of genocide,” based on Al Mezan.
The findings echo experiences by the United Nations and different rights teams who’ve denounced the widespread abuse.
Footage just lately broadcast by Israel’s Channel 12 make clear the sexual abuse inflicted on Palestinian detainees, drawing worldwide condemnation and confirming quite a few witness accounts.
The Workplace of the UN Excessive Commissioner for Human Rights issued a report final month detailing how Palestinians imprisoned because the October 7 Hamas-led assaults on Israel that triggered the present battle had confronted torture and mistreatment.
“Some detainees stated canines have been launched on them, and others stated they have been subjected to waterboarding, or that their arms have been tied they usually have been suspended from the ceiling. Some ladies and men additionally spoke of sexual and gender-based violence,” the report stated.
In a report titled Welcome to Hell, Israeli human rights group B’Tselem introduced testimonies from 55 Palestinians, together with 21 from the Gaza Strip, who had been held in Israeli prisons.
The violations they recounted included “frequent acts of extreme, arbitrary violence; sexual assault; humiliation and degradation; deliberate hunger; compelled unhygienic situations; sleep deprivation”.
B’Tselem stated at the least 60 Palestinians have died in Israeli custody since October 7, together with about 48 folks from Gaza.
It known as on the Worldwide Prison Court docket to research “people suspected of planning, directing and committing these crimes”, saying the probe was not attainable inside Israel “since all state programs, together with the judiciary, have been mobilised in help of those torture camps”.
