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Doctoring the Evidence Abandoning the Victim

03.11.2011

A new report by the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel (PCATI) and Physicians for Human Rights – Israel (PHR) based on over 100 complaints reveals that medical professionals are involved in torture and in covering it up, in violation of ethical obligations.

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PCATI will participate in a general strike for social justice to take place on 1 August.

27.07.2011

The Public Committee Against Torture in Israel's staff decided that PCATI

will participate in a general strike for social justice to take place on 1 August

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Two “Film and Human Rights” Held this Year – in Jerusalem and in Tel Aviv

11.04.2011

Over the past few months, the staff of PCATI’s Educational Department
has run two series dealing with the intersection between film, critical
viewing and human rights. The series were held in Jerusalem and in Tel
Aviv and were open to the public.

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“Responsibility”, a four-chapter series dealing with responsibility in democratic society

16.02.2011

A new series of videos produced by the Public Committee Against Torture
in cooperation with Social Television discusses the subject of
responsibility in democratic society.

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When the Exception Becomes the Rule: Incommunicado Holding of Palestinian Detainees

28.12.2010

A new report from the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel exposes:
ISA illegal & systematically prevents Palestinian detainees from meeting with an attorney
Comprehensive study of thousands of Palestinian detainees done in conjunction with   a Palestinian prisoners' rights organization reveals sweeping ISA prevention of detainee meetings with a lawyer during lengthy interrogations

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Human Rights Ball 2010 – “Ball on the Brink”

23.12.2010

To mark International Human Rights Day, which takes place every year on
the 10th of December, the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel
along with Physicians for Human Rights-Israel held the “Ball on the
Brink – Artists for Human Rights”.

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HCJ orders an urgent discussion of appeal filed by PCATI

15.11.2010

HCJ orders an urgent discussion of appeal filed by PCATI demanding the opening of a criminal investigation of GSS interrogators suspected of using torture.

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“They put me in an isolation cell, then returned me to the solitary confinement wing”. The testimony of Ala’a Salem from his GSS

02.11.2010

“They put me in an isolation cell, then returned me to the solitary confinement wing”. The testimony of Ala’a Salem from his GSS interrogation

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A protest was held on Thursday 30.9.2010 at the Russian Compound in Jerusalem against torture and police violence.

10.10.2010

The protest was initiated by the Public Committee Against Torture in
Israel, Rabbis for Human Rights and Physicians for Human Rights-Israel,
and its intent was to initiate a new year free from the police violence
and torture carried out by the Israeli security forces.

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Human rights activists protested, calling for an immediate end to the use of torture and police brutality

10.10.2010

On Thursday the 30th of September 2010 a protest was staged opposite the Russian Compound in Jerusalem against torture and police brutality. 

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