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Source: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article4232022.ece
West Bank Torturers Funded by Britain
[(Sunday Times-UK ] Marie Colvin - Millions of pounds of British government money is going to Palestinian security forces which use methods of torture including hanging prisoners by their feet and putting them in "stress" positions for hours at a time, according to evidence to be published next month in a report by Human Rights Watch. Prisoners who have emerged from Palestinian Authority jails - many of whom have never been charged with any offence or even seen a lawyer - said they had been subjected to mock executions, kicked, punched and beaten with sticks, plastic pipes and hoses. A total of £4 billion overall has been promised to the government of Mahmoud Abbas, who is the commander-in-chief of the Palestinian security forces.