Ticking Bombs - testimonies of torture victims in Israel
This report, issued by PCATI, describes the routine of torture in Israel from the point of view of its victims.
Nine detailed case studies narrating the victims' experiences from the moment of arrest, through interrogation and trial and through the routine refusal of the Ministry of Justice to investigate their complaints will provide us with a glimpse into the world of torture in Israel.
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The report will be presented to the press on Wednesday, 30 May 2007, at 10:00 AM at the office of The Public Committee Against Torture in Israel (PCATI), 31 Blumenfeld Street, Kiryat Yovel, Jerusalem. Copies of the report (in PDF or Word files) will be sent to journalists upon request.
More...The Russian Compound Free of Torture, To Mark the UN Int. Day in Support of Victims of Torture
The Public Committee Against Torture in Israel (PCATI) and Amnesty International – Israel invite you to participate in the call to transform the Jerusalem police headquarters at the Russian Compound – that houses a GSS interrogation and torture unit – into a torture free zone
More...Israel’s Policies in the Occupied Palestinian Territories relevant the UN Convention Against Torture
Submission Concerning Israel’s Policies in the Occupied Palestinian Territories relevant the UN Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
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"BACK TO A ROUTINE OF TORTURE"
Torture and Ill-treatment of Palestinian Detainees during Arrest, Detention and Interrogation
September 2001 – April 2003
IRCT's Newsletter, including Mr. Frankenthaler's aricle.
Torture and imminent threats: the Israeli example
by Louis Frankenthaler, director of development and Education for the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel
pages 9 - 11
Norway diplomats urge Oslo to criticize Israel over torture
Norway's embassy in Tel Aviv has urged the government to criticize Israel for the alleged use of torture in prisons, the state radio network NRK reported Thursday.
More...Yes, Canada, there is torture in Israel
Article written By Louis Frankenthaler, Development & International Outreach Director at the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel (PCATI), published at "The Palestine Chronicle"
More...New Report by PCATI - No Defense: Soldier Violence against Palestinian Detainees
The report, published this morning, reveals the widespread phenomenon of violence against bound Palestinian detainees by IDF soldiers and the almost absolute indifference of the IDF, the Ministry of Defense and the Knesset towards the existence of this phenomenon and the need to take action in order to eradicate it completely.
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