Justice, Israeli-style

[...] for alleged security reasons, Israeli justice has given its imprimatur to extrajudicial executions, deportation without trial, home demolitions, and the wholesale confiscation of land from indigenous residents. Because of loopholes in a 1999 Supreme Court decision on torture, "moderate ph...

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Published in:The Washington report on Middle East affairs 2011-07, Vol.30 (5), p.18
Main Author: Erickson, Barbara
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Activists
Attorneys
Civil rights
Confiscation
Criminal pleas
Criminal sentences
Human rights workers
Israel
Justice, Administration of
Makhoul, Ameer
Palestinian people
Palestinian Territories
Roadblocks
Security services
State laws
Trials
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Summary:[...] for alleged security reasons, Israeli justice has given its imprimatur to extrajudicial executions, deportation without trial, home demolitions, and the wholesale confiscation of land from indigenous residents. Because of loopholes in a 1999 Supreme Court decision on torture, "moderate physical pressure" is allowed, and applied even to non-militant detainees like Ameer Makhoul.
ISSN:8755-4917
2163-2782