PA daily reports on findings of human rights commission, including torture in PA detention centers
“The Misdeeds Bureau of the Independent Commission for Human Rights noted yesterday [Oct. 3, 2013] that it had recorded 10 deaths in the Palestinian territories over the past month; it also addressed the continuously arriving complaints of abuse and maltreatment in the detention centers and the lack of implementation of court rulings.
In its periodic report on ‘Violations of Human Rights and Freedoms in the PA Territories’ covering the past month, the Commission noted that 4 murders of women were recorded in the [West] Bank... In addition, it [the Commission] explained that, during the period covered by the report, 41 complaints of abuse and maltreatment were reported – 9 from the [West] Bank and 32 from the [Gaza] Strip.
It [the Commission] added [that] the complaints from the [West] Bank were grouped as follows: 8 complaints against the General Interrogations Division of the [PA] police and one complaint against the Preventive Security Forces. The Commission received 32 complaints from the [Gaza] Strip – 29 against the police forces and 3 against the Internal Security Forces. The complaints of abuse centered on beatings and Shabah (a method of torture in which the detainee is hung by his hands), in addition to maltreatment.
In addition, it [the Commission] noted that it had received 21 complaints from the [West] Bank of improper arrest procedures, ‘because the complainants were arrested for political reasons, or arbitrarily,’ compared to 66 complaints from the [Gaza] Strip, in which the citizens claimed their right to a fair trial had been violated – meaning ‘improper arrest procedures, lack of segregation between prisoners and arrests for political reasons.’”
In its periodic report on ‘Violations of Human Rights and Freedoms in the PA Territories’ covering the past month, the Commission noted that 4 murders of women were recorded in the [West] Bank... In addition, it [the Commission] explained that, during the period covered by the report, 41 complaints of abuse and maltreatment were reported – 9 from the [West] Bank and 32 from the [Gaza] Strip.
It [the Commission] added [that] the complaints from the [West] Bank were grouped as follows: 8 complaints against the General Interrogations Division of the [PA] police and one complaint against the Preventive Security Forces. The Commission received 32 complaints from the [Gaza] Strip – 29 against the police forces and 3 against the Internal Security Forces. The complaints of abuse centered on beatings and Shabah (a method of torture in which the detainee is hung by his hands), in addition to maltreatment.
In addition, it [the Commission] noted that it had received 21 complaints from the [West] Bank of improper arrest procedures, ‘because the complainants were arrested for political reasons, or arbitrarily,’ compared to 66 complaints from the [Gaza] Strip, in which the citizens claimed their right to a fair trial had been violated – meaning ‘improper arrest procedures, lack of segregation between prisoners and arrests for political reasons.’”