Israeli Doctors Conceal Torture of Palestinian Prisoners in Israeli Jails

[ 20/02/2012 - 11:13 AM ]

GENEVA, (PIC)--

The Oslo-based European Network to support the rights of Palestinian Prisoners-UFree said many Israeli doctors covered up torture incidents that happened to Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails.

According to a report by UFree based on testimonies from prisoners, the doctors inside Israeli jails did not report about injuries and bruises inflicted on prisoners by Israeli interrogators and instead they wrote false medical reports in order to expose the detainees to more torture sessions.

The report also said the Israeli courts deliberately approve confessions which are taken under torture and abuse and use them as evidence against Palestinian detainees.

These courts also accept secret intelligence files of alleged charges against detainees and deny their lawyers access to them and prevent them from defending their clients.

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