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<td><span class="PublishedDate">[ 					14/01/2011 &#8211; 08:34 PM ] </span></td>
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<p style="font-size:10pt;">LONDON, (PIC)&#8211; The Arab Organization  for Human Rights in Britain and the Middle East Monitor recently issued a  report documenting torture territory of the Palestinian Authority.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">The report showed that the Palestinian  security services have been using torture on a wide and systematic basis  for several years using, inter alia, the following techniques: shabh  (hanging) of all kinds, beating with cables, pulling out nails,  suspension from the ceiling, flogging, kicking, swearing and cursing,  electric shocks, sexual harassment and the threat of rape.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">The organisations also said in their  report that at least six people have been killed while undergoing  torture in Palestinian Authority centres: Shadi Shaheen, Ramallah; Majd  Barghouti, Ramallah; Mohammed al-Haj, Jenin; Kamal Abu Taima, Hebron;  Haitham Amro, Hebron; Fadi Hamadna, Nablus. Many ex-detainees have  permanent disabilities. Mass arrests have taken place on political  grounds.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">The Arab Organization for Human Rights in  Britain has documented such crimes for the three years from October 2007  to October 2010.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">An analysis of the data shows that in the  period under review, the security services detained almost 8,640 people  at a rate of 8 arrests per day.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">The analysis also shows that an  astonishing 95% of the detainees were subjected to severe torture,  others feeling the detrimental effects on their health for varying  periods. Seventy-seven percent of the detainees had been in the custody  of the occupation before being released and rearrested by the  Palestinian Authority on the same charges.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;"><a href="http://www.middleeastmonitor.org.uk/downloads/other_reports/documenting-the-crime-of-torture-in-the-palestinian-authoritys-territories.pdf" target="_blank">&gt;&gt;&gt;Download full report</a> &lt;&lt;&lt;</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.palestine-info.co.uk/En/default.aspx?xyz=U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MDI46m9rUxJEpMO%2bi1s78IwndQ6C35q2yGyRedoC%2fBl%2f6s%2bhLR1%2fIiYBYR3Eb0FooXELlfx4lZACAOVWiNZXVFw%2f0pIarWFIV3rplTEXZAo2kvH1iQJpw8X4YkJnLFw%3d">Torture in PA jails</a>.</p>
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