The Agence France Presse reports that the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel (PCATI) issues a report on "torture" of detainees by Israeli security forces, based on 547 cases of
arrests and dozens of interrogations conducted over the past year.
"Painful shackling is done for invalid and irrelevant reasons, which
include causing pain and suffering, punishment, intimidation and
illegally eliciting information and confessions," the group said.
It added that the victims were mostly Palestinians detained for
"security" reasons but that the practices had seeped into the
facilities where other categories of detainees are held.
The group added that its findings were supported by the testimony of
soldiers to Breaking the Silence, another Israeli organisation.
The group said detainees are often shackled in painful positions for
hours or days at a time, even when they are being held in highly secure
facilities and are not being interrogated.
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