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(b)
Information transmitted to the Government regarding individual cases
288. Sharif Natsheh and his brother Ashraf, from Hebron, were reportedly
arrested on 21 April 1991 and taken to the military headquarters. They were
severely kicked and beaten in several parts of the body, including the soles
of their feet, and given electric shocks several times.
289. Ramzi Da'na, from Hebron, was reportedly arrested on 16 September 1991
and taken to the police centre at the headquarters. He was severely beaten,
specially on his thighs, face, kidneys and the soles of his feet and given
electric shocks.
290. Amneh'Abd al-Jabbar Rimawi, Deputy Chair of the General Federation of
Trade Unions in the West Bank and head of the Labour Studies Centre in
Ramallah, was reportedly arrested and taken for interrogation on
12 November 1991 after reporting to the Moscobiyyah Detention Centre in
Jerusalem where she had been summoned. She was later transferred to the
Hebron (al-Khalil) prison. In both places she is said to have been subjected
to torture.
291. Suad Ganeim, from Faradis, was arrested on 5 August 1991 and taken to the
Jalame detention centre, where she was interrogated for 24 hours without
interruption. She was obliged to stand for several hours while hooded and
handcuffed.
292. Nariman Shamasna, aged 17, from Katana, Ramallah region, was arrested
on 26 August 1991 and taken to the detention centre of the Russian Compound
where she was severely beaten.
293. Fatme Abu-Khdeir, from Shonafat, Jerusalem, was arrested and severely
beaten before being transferred to the Russian Compound. She was obliged to
stand for hours while hooded and handcuffed.
294. Ghazat Hassan Abu Khadir and Saladin Abu Khadir were arrested
on 1 July 1991 by agents of the Shin Beth (General Security Services) and
taken to the Ramallah prison where they were severely beaten. Ghazat Hassan
Abu Khadir was deprived of sleep for ten days.
295. The Special Rapporteur also received information on the arrest and
subsequent torture of several Palestinians carried out in the West Bank on
22 January 1992 by the Israeli security forces who accused them of membership
in the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. The following names, in
particular, were reported:
(a)
Mustafa 'Akkawi. He was taken to Hebron (al-Khalil) prison, where
he was held for several days in a very cold corridor, hooded and handcuffed to
a chair and deprived of sleep while he was being interrogated.
On the night
of 3/4 February 1992, he had a heart attack, but a medic did not identify any
illness and did not refer him to a doctor. He was then placed in one of the
narrow cells commonly called "refrigerators", but he collapsed shortly
afterwards and died;
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