Israeli Lawmakers Try to Block Torture Prosecutions
End Grave Abuses Against Palestinian Detainees, Impunity for Abuses
https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/07/31/israeli-lawmakers-try-block-torture-prosecutions
On July 29, Israeli military police arrested nine Israeli soldiers at the base on suspicion of “severe abuse” of a Palestinian detainee. News reports said the man was admitted to the hospital with broken ribs and life-threatening injuries to the anus and lungs.\
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Soldiers barricaded themselves inside the base to prevent the arrests. Protesters against the arrests, including members of Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, pushed their way through the perimeter fence. When security forces removed the nine soldiers, protesters went to the Beit Lid military base, where the soldiers were eventually taken for questioning, and breached its perimeter as well.
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