הוועד הציבורי נגד עינויים בישראל

The Public Committee Against Torture in Israel (PCATI), the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) and HaMoked, the Center for the Defence of the Individual (HaMoked) filed a contempt of court motion to the High Court of Justice against the government of Israel and its head, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, and against the General Security Service (GSS) and its head Yuval Diskin for their responsibility for the policy that grants a-priori permits to use torture in interrogation that fundamentally violates the High Court of Justice decision of September1999

An opinion article by Yoav Loeff, PCATI's coordinator of public engagement

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.

Article written By Louis Frankenthaler, Development & International Outreach Director at the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel (PCATI), published at "The Palestine Chronicle"

By Jim Fish
The BBC's correspondent in Jerusalem

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.

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

An article published in Ynet by Aviram Zino.

Torture and Ill-treatment of Palestinian Detainees during Arrest, Detention and Interrogation
September 2001 – April 2003

 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