הוועד הציבורי נגד עינויים בישראל

The Facebook pictures publicized last week reflect something very disturbing. The way that Israeli soldiers relate to detainees and the all too often instances in which detainees are subjected to physical abuse and humiliation, amounting to ill treatment and even torture is unacceptable, whether the soldiers pose for pictures with the victims or not.

On 15 August 2010, DCI-Palestine and the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel (PCATI) submitted complaints against the Israeli army and police interrogators for the ill-treatment and sexual assault of a 15-year-old Palestinian boy...

PCATI and Adalah's New Report on Treatment of Palestinian (Gazan) Detainees during Cast Lead:Torture, Ill Treatment and Human Shields
A Special Report on "Cast Lead": Israel Used Palestinian Detainees as Human Shields
Testimonies Gathered by the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel and by Adalah Reveal that the Israeli Army Deliberately Violated Palestinian Detainees' Rights through "Legal Black Holes"

A new report by PCATI exposes an intolerable reality. Israeli authorities systematically prevent investigations of complaints of torture against General Security Service (GSS) interrogators. 

PCATI released today a new report which exposes the shifts in Israel's combat doctrine as evidenced in the prosecution of operation "Cast Lead" and from numerous public oral and written statements made by high ranking military officers and senior Israeli Government officials. 

The Public Committee Against Torture in Israel (PCATI) and the World Organization Against Torture (OMCT) published their new report "Implementation of the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment by Israel"

Some of the publications in which the Israeli Human rights NGOs' response, including PCATI's, is mentioned.

For additional PCATI videos, in Hebrew, click here.

A variety of agencies in Israel – chief among them the GSS and the IDF – shackle detainees in painful ways that amount to torture and ill treatment.This is done in violation of Israeli law, basic moral principles and international law, including international human rights conventions  signed by Israel. The primary victims of this practice are Palestinian ‘security’ detainees.

Two years to the closure on Gaza - watch a video produced bt Israeli human rights NGOs.