Ma'anIsrael systematically prevents accountability over allegations of torture against its Shit Bet security force, a new report by the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel (PCATI) charges.
The group said the 98-page report “exposes an intolerable reality.”
“Officials at the highest levels of Israel's justice system directly and indirectly thwart the opening of criminal investigations against torture suspects,” the committee said in a statement.
The main finding of the report, titled "Accountability Denied: The Absence of Investigation and Punishment of Torture in Israel" is that Israel has no real mechanism for looking into complaints of torture.
“This results in absolute criminal immunity for interrogators who commit grave crimes,” the committee added. Of hundreds of complaints of torture submitted over the years, PCATI says not one result in a criminal investigation.
.......“In practice, this means that the Attorney General and his assistants provide sweeping approval to use torture in Israel,” ........... Full story
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