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<blockquote class="article-intro"><p>According to a report released on  Tuesday by the Israeli rights groups B&#8217;Tselem and Hamoked, Palestinians  detained for questioning by Tel Aviv&#8217;s security services Shin Bet are  held in unsatisfactory conditions, and often suffer abuse.</p></blockquote>
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<p class="article">Ha&#8217;aretz  reported that the enquiry conducted by the rights groups reveals that  complaints had been filed by 645 detainees over the nature of their  incarceration and/or interrogation, none of which had led to a criminal  investigation by the Israeli regime.</p>
<p>The report is based on interviews with 121 Palestinians detained in the  Israeli intelligence agency&#8217;s Petah Tikva detention center last year.  Among the respondents, there were four women –one of whom age 63 years  old- and 18 minors. Nearly of them said they had been held up at early  morning time and were refused to take personal belongings with them.  Some reported having been denied the chance to get dressed or put on  their shoes.</p>
<p>According to a quarter of the interviewees, damage had been caused to  their homes during their arrest, and a third said that violence had been  used against them during questioning. Three-quarters of them were  reportedly held in solitary confinement, in small cells with no windows  and with a bright light kept on all times, and putrid smells originated  from the bathrooms.</p>
<p>The respondents also said they were prevented from cleaning the cells or  changing dirty mattresses, and were not allowed to know the time of the  day. Furthermore, they reported having been tied to a metal chair for  hours during the interrogation and only permitted to take short bathroom  and meal breaks. Half of the detainees stated they had been forced into  confessing in exchange for leaving solitary confinement or making phone  calls to their families.</p>
<p>Hila Tene-Gilad, a lawyer in the Justice Ministry&#8217;s department for  international agreements and litigation, commented the report &#8220;makes  general, baseless assertions, some of which are extremely grave.&#8221; She  said ministry officials regularly visit Shin Bet&#8217;s detention facilities  reporting that interrogations are carried out by legal standards and  under the appropriate legal bodies, and that detainees have the right to  file complaints over inappropriate or illegal treatment.</p>
<p>Every year, hundreds of detainees are taken to the Petah Tikva prison  for questioning every year. Some of them are transferred to Shin Bet  prisons, after their interrogation, to await legal proceedings while  others are released without charges filed against them.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.imemc.org/article/59805">Israeli Rights Group Report Indicates Abuse in Israeli Detention &#8211; International Middle East Media Center</a>.</p>
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