from geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml to world@lemmy.world on 19 Feb 15:40
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Palestinian journalists detained by Israel have described systematic torture, sexual violence and starvation inside Israeli prisons, according to a report published on Thursday by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).
The report, titled ‘We returned from hell’, draws on interviews with 59 Palestinian journalists jailed since October 2023.
All but one said they endured “torture, abuse or other forms of violence”.
Testimonies detail baton beatings, electroshocks and being forced into prolonged stress positions, including being forced to stand under sewage water. Two journalists said they were raped by their Israeli captors.
Journalist Sami al-Sai recounted how soldiers stripped him and penetrated him with a baton and other objects inside a small cell at Megiddo prison, leaving him in a “severe psychological state”.
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