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UN Official: Torture of Palestinian Prisoners Nears Genocide Threshold

Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur, states that Israel’s widespread ⁣torture of Palestinian detainees approaches the threshold of genocide.

Francesca Albanese, the ⁣UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in the occupied ⁣Palestinian territories, has warned that Israel’s systematic and widespread torture of Palestinian prisoners and detainees is nearing the boundaries of genocidal crimes, according​ to a report by ‌ webangah News Agency.

In⁢ a⁤ post on X (formerly Twitter),Albanese revealed that Palestinian detainees-including both men and women-have endured sexual violence in Israeli detention centers. She‍ stressed that the documented case of gang rape at‍ Sde​ Teiman detention facility is “not an‍ isolated incident but part of a pattern of severe human‍ rights violations.”

She emphasized these acts‍ constitute not only extreme cruelty but also meet​ one of the defined elements of genocide under international law: “inflicting​ serious bodily or mental harm on⁢ members‌ of a group solely as they belong to that group.”

News​ Sources: © webangah news Agency, Mehr News Agency, Palestinian Data Center
English channel of the webangah news agency on Telegram
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