“Amjad was interrogated by the Shabak [Israel’s secret police force],” said Farhoud. “We have testimonials [from former Palestinian prisoners who detained with Safadi] that he was subjected to electric shocks on his head and other parts of his body.” The Public Committee against Torture in Israel accused the Shabak in 2012 of a lack of accountability — not a single one of 700 complaints of torture or ill-treatment was criminally investigated between 2001 and 2010. In 2013, 33-year-old Arafat Jaradat died in Israeli custody after he was subjected to torture. His death was followed by mass protests and clashes between Palestinians and Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank. “We have witnessed an increase in torture cases lately, especially amongst children,” Nasser Qaws, director of the Palestinian Prisoners Club in Jerusalem, told The Electronic Intifada. electronicintifada.net/content/lawyer-jerusalems-poor-tortured-israeli-prison-found-hanged/13375
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