JERUSALEM, May 30 (UPI) -- A report by the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel found there is "no effective barrier" to torture in the country and detailed nine alleged cases.
The report, published Wednesday, says a ruling by the country's high court that allows for extreme interrogation of suspects deemed to be "time bombs" allows for "almost any Palestinian prisoner to be tortured," the Jerusalem Post reported Wednesday.
PCATI said in the report that the ruling was used by the country's Shin Bet security agency as justification for nine cases of torture, Ynetnews reported.
"It is entirely possible that the practice of torture is an effective measure for obtaining information that may save human life (the Public Committee Against Torture opposes torture absolutely, regardless of such claims), but the testimonies of the nine terror victims exemplify the extent to which the torture mechanism is rooted in the treatment of Palestinian detainees, and the exceedingly bureaucratic way in which torture is carried out, in an organized, almost blase manner," the report said.
