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Israel detainee shackling practices constitute abuse: rights group

By Bernard Hibbitts (editor) and University of Pittsburgh School of Law students.

[JURIST] Shackling techniques used by Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and the Shin Bet Security Agency (GSS) against Palestinian detainees are unjustifiably harsh and constitute torture, according to a report issued Wednesday by advocacy group Public Committee Against Torture in Israel. The group said that the IDF and GSS employ harsh shackling techniques regardless of security risks, and at times used them to deliberately cause pain to punish or extract information from detainees. It also said that read more

Full post as published by JURIST - The Paper Chase on June 25, 2009 (boomark / email).