A human rights group has raised alarm bells over the psycho-physical torture tactics perpetrated against Palestinian detainees in Israeli dungeons.
Lawyer Ma’moun al-Hasheem from the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) quoted 21-year-old prisoner Wesam Rabii held in al-Mascoubiya detention center as stating that he has been made to endure harsh torture at the hands of the Israeli investigators.
Rabii spoke out against the long and exhausting investigation procedures which lasted for 48 hours during the first days of his detention. As a result the detainee has spent sleepless nights.
Rabii added that he has been subjected to heavy beating while being handcuffed.
The Lawyer further quoted Rabii as stating that he had undergone a mental breakdown and was transferred to an isolated cell. He had also been forced to lie on the ground while being chained hand and feet for over five hours.
Rabii had gone through a two-day hunger strike to protest such abject detention conditions.
Rabii was kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces on March 30 2018. An Israeli court ruled for extending his remand for three times. A fourth hearing is expected to be held on Monday to decide on his case.
PPS said at least three Palestinian detainees have been subjected to preplanned torture in al-Mascoubiya custody since March. The list included Omar al-Kiswani Yahya Alawi and Wesam Rabii.
90% of Palestinians incarcerated in Israeli lock-ups have been enduring psycho-physical torture during the detention and investigation phases.
