A new report by the Euro-Med Monitor documents dozens of testimonies from Palestinian victims from the Gaza Strip who were subjected to sexual violence, including rape, inside Israeli prisons and detention centres.
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UN experts says torture of Marwan Barghouti part of systemic abuse in prisons
Al Jazeera, 16 April 2026: Francesca Albanese, UN special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territory, said torture in Israeli prisons has become institutionalised and the case of Marwan Barghouti was revealing of a system in “profound moral and legal decay”.
“I’ve investigated torture in Israeli prisons for quite a while now, and this is why I decided to write a report,” Albanese told Al Jazeera, adding that other investigations have found that “torture was becoming a state practice”. -
Press Release: Amidst Genocide, Imperialism and War South Africans Prepare to Set Sail to Break the Siege on Gaza
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 16 April 2026
In May, 2026, amidst genocide and expansionist aggressive war, South Africa will join the Global Sumud Flotilla together with many countries across the globe. The objective of the Mission is to open a humanitarian aid sea corridor to Gaza and challenge the conditions that allow for starvation and almost two decade-long siege of over 2 million people in a concentration camp.
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