The Independent Commission for Human Rights - ICHR 59 Chart 4: Patterns of violations of children’s right to physical integrity 35 32 29 30 25 20 15 15 10 10 5 0 Physical or mental violence Torture and threats Cruel treatment failure to provide protection to battered persons against violence According to complaints, women were subjected to torture and ill-treatment by security personnel in the context of interrogation of offences they were accused of. A woman stated According women were subjected to torture ill-treatment that to shecomplaints, was ill-treated by General Investigation Police and officers in Hebronby to security force herpersonnel in the context interrogation of offences were accused A woman confess to aof theft offence. Over three daysthey of interrogation, sheof.was verballystated abusedthat on ashe was ill-treated by General Investigation Police officers in Hebron to force her confess to a theft continuous basis. As she had diabetes and high blood pressure, the Police transported theoffence. Over three daystoofmedical interrogation, abused on a continuous basis. woman care onlyshe toowas late.verbally Later, the complainant reported that sheAs didshe nothad wishdiabetes and high the Police transported the woman to medical care only too late. Later, the to blood pursuepressure, her complaint. complainant reported that she did not wish to pursue her complaint. Another complainant stated that she was beaten by Khan Yunis Police personnel to compel Anotherhercomplainant she was beaten by Khan Yunis Police personnel toOf compel to confess tostated havingthat a sexual relationship with a man other than her husband. note, her to confessthe to woman having isa divorced. sexual relationship with a man other than her husband. Of note, the woman is Following a family reconciliation, she was summoned by the Police divorced. Following a family reconciliation, she was summoned by the Police to waive a complaint to waive a complaint she had filed against her husband, who used to batter her. Owing to she had filed against her husband, who used to batter her. Owing to the pressure placed on her, the the pressure placed on her, the victim signed a statement she did not read. victim signed a statement she did not read. In the context of popular protests against the murder of activist Nizar Banat in the Ramallah In the context of popular protests against the murder of activist Nizar Banat in the Ramallah city, city, in June 2021, the ICHR monitored serious violations of women’s right to physical in June 2021, the ICHR monitored serious violations of women’s right to physical integrity and human dignity. Women and girls were severely beaten by uniformed and nonhuman integrity dignity. and Women and girls were severely beaten by uniformed and non-uniformed security uniformed security personnel, who also intentionally female and journalists and mobile personnel, who also intentionally targeted female journaliststargeted and protestors stole their protestors stole telephones. Later, of these women wereAs subject to some telephones. Later,and many oftheir thesemobile women were subject to many extortion and defamation. a result, extortion and defamation. As a result, some women refrained from participating in peaceful women refrained from participating in peaceful assemblies. In these protests, women were targeted assemblies. In these protests, women namely, were targeted on groundsdiscrimination. of a prevalent social pattern, on grounds of a prevalent social pattern, gender-based namely, gender-based discrimination. 73 Twenty Seventh Annual Report 2021