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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Emma Graham-Harrison in Jerusalem

‘They want to break our will’: Gaza flotilla activist tells of rape in Israeli detention

Anna Liedtke wears a red and white keffiyah over a black dress
Anna Liedtke pictured in Cologne, Germany. ‘There is no reason for me to be ashamed.’ Photograph: Judith Jockel/The Guardian

The third time Anna Liedtke was subjected to an illegal strip-search in Israeli detention, female prison guards forced her on to her knees, covered her mouth to stop her screaming and raped her, according to interviews and a criminal complaint filed in Israel.

She described hearing male guards laughing during the attack, which she believes they watched and may have filmed. It took place in an area separated from the prison hallway by a partially drawn curtain that her attackers had left open.

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