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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Lorenzo Tondo

Dozens of Palestinian journalists beaten, starved or raped, report alleges

Single storey buildings behind barbed-wire gate/fence
Sde Teiman prison in the Negev desert near the Gaza Strip, where many of the Palestinian prisoners detained since the 7 October 2023 attacks have been held. Photograph: Mostafa Alkharouf/Anadolu/Getty Images

Almost 60 Palestinian journalists detained in Israeli prisons since the 7 October 2023 Hamas attack have been beaten, starved and subjected to sexual violence, including rape, a report alleges.

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) reviewed dozens of testimonies, photographs and medical records documenting what it describes as serious abuses by Israeli soldiers and prison guards against Palestinian reporters. The report draws on in-depth interviews from 59 Palestinian journalists. Of those interviewed, 58 reported being subjected to what they described as torture while in Israeli custody.

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