torture

Glenn Greenwald skewers US injustices in compelling latest book

Maureen Clare Murphy
28 August 2012
Columnist Glenn Greenwald’s most recent book demonstrates “how the law is used to destroy equality and protect the powerful” in the United States today.

The Electronic Intifada Weekly Podcast featuring Zahra Billoo on the rise of Islamophobia in the US

Zahra Billoo of the Council on American-Islamic Relations in San Francisco comments on the rise of Islamophobia and hate crimes against Arabs and Muslims in the US.

Israeli high court decision enables widespread torture of Palestinian detainees

No matter how many hundreds of allegations of torture of Palestinian prisoners by the Shin Bet pile up, the Israeli high court turns a blind eye.

Israeli soldier fires gun to terrorize nine-year-old boy

Disturbing evidence of torture and ill-treatment of Palestinian children gathered in new report.

Security firm G4S provides services to Israeli prisons, police and army

G4S has been severely criticized for its operations in the occupied Palestinian territories and in prisons and detention centers in Israel. Recently, Palestinian organizations called for action against G4S for its role in Israeli prisons.

Ameer Makhoul: still shaking the foundations of Israeli apartheid after 2 years in jail

Jillian Kestler-D'Amours
Jerusalem
3 May 2012
This weekend marks the second anniversary of Israel’s arrest of Palestinian civilil society leader Ameer Makhoul, who is serving a lengthy prison for trumped-up security charges.

Take action on 17 April, call for freedom for Palestinian political prisoners

On Palestinian Prisoners’ Day, 17 April, events will take place around the world in support of Palestinian political prisoners.

Report on routine detention of children in Beit Ommar

A new report by Defense for Children International - Palestine section highlights the Israeli military’s routine arrests and detentions of children specifically in the village of Beit Ommar.

New report documents systematic abuse of Palestinian children in Israeli military detention

A new report by Defense for Children International-Palestine section has documented systematic, routine abuses by Israeli soldiers and interrogators of Palestinian children across the occupied West Bank including East Jerusalem.

Palestinian women testify about ill-treatment and torture during their arrest and interrogation

The Public Committee Against Torture (PCATI) submitted two group complaints to the Israeli authorities after 29 Palestinian women testified about their ill-treatment and torture by the Shabak and Israeli soldiers last year.

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