The High Court of Justice criticizes a GSS Interrogation method
The High Court of Justice today, 7 March 2007, ordered the General Security Service (GSS) to inform a security prisoner, Mahmoud Abed Elaziz Switi, that his wife is not, and never was, detained, and to have him undergo a psychiatric examination whose results will be given by the end of the week to the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel (PCATI).
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An article published in "Haaretz" newspaper regarding Gss use of family members interrogation method
More...Letter from the office of Israel's Attorney General
In a letter from the office of Israel's Attorney General PCATI was informed that lying about the arrest of family members in order to create pressure on an interrogee is inappropriate action. That is in response to the work of PCATI's legal department the State capitulated and indicated its (measured) agreement to cease and desist from what can only be described as the intentional infliction of severe mental pain on a detainee for the purpose of the interrogation: torture.
More...Pre petition letter on the issue of exploitation of family members during interrogation
On 30 October 2007, Attorney Rachela Er’el of the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel (PCATI) submitted a letter to Attorney General, Meni Mazuz, demanding a further clarification of his reply to an earlier complaint on the employment of psychological pressure through the exploitation of family members of detainees and interrogees. The letter includes details regarding three severe cases in which family members were used as a form of pressure in interrogation.
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“Family Matters, Using Family Members to Pressure Detainees Under GSS Interrogation”
More...New report by PCATI - “Family Matters, Using Family Members to Pressure Detainees
The Public Committee Against Torture in Israel’s report reveals that Israel’s General Security Service (GSS) exploits family members of Palestinian detainees in order to apply illegal psychological pressure on them and to force them to confess.
More...Human Rights organizations petition to the High Court demanding: prohibit the use of family members to pressure interrogees
The petition follows the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel (PCATI) report that was published and discussed in the Knesset earlier this week
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petition to prohibit the use of family members to pressure interrogees
Five Human Rights organizations filed a petition to the High court of Justice against the General Security Service (GSS), the Israel Police and the Attorney General demanding that the use of family members as means of exhorting pressure on suspects during interrogations by state authorities be absolutely prohibited
