<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Occupied Palestine | فلسطين]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[occupiedpalestine]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/author/hajarhajar/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Report: 90% of Shin Bet Detainees Prevented from Seeing Lawyer &#8211; International Middle East Media&nbsp;Center]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p><span class="article-details"><span class="article-detail">Wednesday December 29, 2010 03:40</span><span class="article-detail"><img class="icon" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.imemc.org/graphics/person.gif" alt="author" /> by Palestine News Network &#8211; PNN</span></span> <a href="http://www.imemc.org/report_posts?subject=Report%20post:%20Story%2060291%20with%20title:%20Report:%2090%%20of%20Shin%20Bet%20Detainees%20Prevented%20from%20Seeing%20Lawyer&amp;message=Report%20post:%20Story%2060291%20with%20title:%20Report:%2090%%20of%20Shin%20Bet%20Detainees%20Prevented%20from%20Seeing%20Lawyer%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.imemc.org%2Findex.php%3Fobj_id%3D53%26story_id%3D60291%26%0A%0AEnter+your+reason+here+-+please+do+not+remove+the+above+link+as+it+will+allow+an+editor+to+easily+remove+the+offending+content"><img class="icon" title="Report post" src="https://i2.wp.com/www.imemc.org/graphics/report.gif" alt="Report post" /></a></p>
<blockquote class="article-intro"><p>According to study by the Public  Committee Against Torture in Israel (PCATI), up to 90% of Palestinian  prisoners interrogated by the Israeli Shin Bet security team are not  allowed to consult with their lawyers, a right guaranteed by  international</p></blockquote>
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Archive, Palestinian Prisoners</p>
<p class="article">The  Shin Bet claims it can refuse legal consultation to some prisoners in  rare cases, but the high rate of refusal may point to different  concerns, according to the study’s author, Dr. Maya Rosenfeld.</p>
<p>The PCATI study points to widespread use of illegal interrogation  methods such as sleep deprivation, threats of violence, solitary  confinement in unsanitary conditions, and tying prisoners to chairs with  their hands behind their backs. The Shin Bet will not provide data of  its own.</p>
<p>Of the 11,970 detained Palestinians who have been interrogated by the  Shin Bet, between 8,379 (70%) and 10,773 (90%) are refused the right to  legal counsel, according to the PCATI study. The results of prolonged  interrogation and imprisonment without legal counsel include false  confessions as well as physical and psychological abuse and other human  rights violationsز</p>
<p><a href="http://www.imemc.org/article/60291">Report: 90% of Shin Bet Detainees Prevented from Seeing Lawyer &#8211; International Middle East Media Center</a>.</p>
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