‘Israel has been given a licence to torture Palestinians’

UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese has said the world gave Israel a ‘licence to torture Palestinians’.

'Torture has become state policy' in Palestinian territories: UN expert

The world has given Israel "a licence to torture Palestinians", a UN expert Francesca Albanese said Monday, with life in the occupied territories "a continuum of physical and mental suffering".

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World gave Israel 'licence to torture Palestinians': UN rapporteur Francesca Albanese

Francesca Albanese, the UN's special rapporteur on the Palestinian territories, presented a report accusing Israel of torture.

World gave Israel ‘licence to torture Palestinians’: UN expert

GENEVA: The world has given Israel “a licence to torture Palestinians”, a UN expert said on Monday, with life in the occupied territories “a continuum of physical and mental suffering”. “Torture has effectively become state policy” in Israel, said Francesca Albanese, the UN’s special rapporteur on the rights situation in the occupied Palestinian territories. While presenting her latest report to the UN Human Rights Council, she said this situation came about “because most of your governments,...

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