56 The Independent Commission for Human Rights - ICHR Claimed violations of the right to physical integrity Chart 2: Patterns of claimed violations of the right to physical integrity 350 300 289 262 250 200 168 150 100 50 0 18 ‫اﻋﺗداء ﺟﺳدي أو ﻣﻌ ﻧوي‬ ‫ﺗﻌذﯾب وﺗﮭدﯾد‬ ‫ﻣﻌﺎﻣﻠﺔ ﻗﺎﺳﯾﺔ‬ Patterns of claimed violations of the right to physical integrity Physical or mental violence Physical or mental violence Torture and threats Torture and threats Cruel treatment ‫ﻋدم ﺗوﻓﯾر اﻟﺣﻣﺎﯾﺔ أو‬ ‫اﻻﻋﺗداء أﺛ ﺎﻧﺋﮭﺎ‬ Cruel treatment failure to provide protection to battered failure to provide protection to battered persons against persons againstviolence violence Cases of claimed torture and ill-treatment revealed multiple patterns of violations of the right to Cases of claimed ill-treatment revealedsevere multiple patterns of violations of theparts of physical integrity. Most torture notableand of these were beating; beating; beating on intimate right to physical integrity. Mostonnotable of these were severe beating on hoses; the body (testes in males); beating the soles of the feetbeating; (falaqa) withbeating; sticks and rubber intimate parts of the body (testes in males); beating on the soles of the feet (falaqa) with shabeh for extended hours; waterboarding; prolonged deprivation of sleep; threats of torture; threats sticks and to rubber hoses; shabeh for including extended hours; waterboarding; prolonged deprivation of causing harm family; verbal abuse, obscenities and blasphemy; solitary confinement; of sleep; threats of torture; threats of causing harm to family; verbal abuse, including stubbing out cigarettes on the body; pepper spraying at the moment of arrest; and electrocution. Beandonblasphemy; confinement; stubbing out cigarettes on the filed body; low is aobscenities presentation some casessolitary of torture and ill-treatment reported in complaints to ICHR pepper spraying at theStrip moment of the arrest; and electrocution. Below is a presentation on in the West Bank and Gaza during reporting period. some cases of torture and ill-treatment reported in complaints filed to ICHR in the West Bank and Gaza Strip during the reporting period. Torture of journalists My name is A. M. I am 53 years old and resident of the Gaza city. I am a journalist at the M. media instiTorture of journalists tution and inmate at the detention and interrogation centre of the Internal Security agency. At about 4:00 pm on October was nearand to resident the As-Saraya the IGaza An Internal My31name is A.2021, M. I Iam 53present years old of the area Gazaincity. am acity. journalist at theSecurity M. forcemedia detained and took me to the Internal Security HQ, west of the Gaza city. As soon as I was admitted institution and inmate at the detention and interrogation centre of the Internal Security to the Internal Security interrogation centre, I was questioned about communicating with hostile entities. agency. At about 4:00 pm on 31 October 2021, I was present near to the As-Saraya area in the Meanwhile, I was subjected to physical abuse. I was handcuffed and forced to stand up for as long as Gazaevery city. An force detained and took methe to the Internal Security 15 hours day.Internal On fiveSecurity occasions, I was suspended from ceiling for one hour HQ, eachwest time.ofI was the Gaza city. As soon as I was admitted to the Internal Security interrogation centre, I was also deprived of sleep and had to sit on an iron bench for so long that I fell asleep. I was beaten on the communicating hostile entities. Meanwhile, I wasIsubjected to physical solesquestioned of the feetabout (falaqa) with a rubberwith hose. During interrogation sessions, was slapped on the neck abuse. I abused. was handcuffed and that forced to stand for as long (a as disease 15 hours every day. OnUsing five this and verbally I should note I suffer fromup chondropathy of the cartilage). occasions, I was suspended theofceiling forstarting one hourfrom eachthe time. deprived of sleep method, I was interrogated for afrom period 10 days, dayIIwas wasalso I detained. Accordingly, I file my complaint to the ICHR against the Internal Security officers because they detained me on illegal and had to sit on an iron bench for so long that I fell asleep. I was beaten on the soles of the feet grounds and subjected me tohose. abuse,During torture,interrogation and ill-treatment. (falaqa) with a rubber sessions, I was slapped on the neck and Replying to an ICHR letter on the situation of the journalist, the Internal Security agencies denied the abuse. It stated that, by his complaint, the journalist aimed at influencing the progress of investigation 69 agency did not validate the journalist’s claims of into the charge of collaboration [with the enemy]. The being subjected to torture in an impartial and unbiased manner. The Situation of Human Rights in Palestine