1. The report levels many of the same criticisms that it has leveled at Israel, saying both the Palestinians and the Israelis imposed censorship and mistreated detainees. 2. Amnesty International requested access to the two jails, as well as one in New York, citing concerns that the detainees were being mistreated. 3. Amnesty and other human rights groups have said Shin Bet interrogators systematically mistreat Palestinian detainees, and that the use of force was not reserved for exceptional cases. 4. Human rights groups have accused the Palestinian security services of mistreating detainees, including during interrogation. 5. Human rights organizations have said Israel is systematically mistreating Palestinian detainees to extract confessions. 6. However, Tulkarem residents complained Tuesday that security forces continued to mistreat detainees. 7. It called the reports credible that police mistreat detainees by stripping them in very cold rooms and dousing them with water. 8. Other human rights groups have also accused the Palestinian security services of mistreating detainees. 9. The group last Wednesday accused the Jordanian government of curbing freedoms of thought and expression, abusing the press and publications laws, and mistreating detainees. 10. The West Bank security chief, Jibril Rajoub, said six security agents were sentenced Wednesday to two weeks to one month in jail for mistreating a detainee. |