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Source: http://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Report-Palestinian-lost-speech-ability-after-PA-torture-313660
Report Documents 28 Cases of Torture in PA Prisons Last Month
(Jerusalem Post) Khaled Abu Toameh - A report released by the Independent Commission for Human Rights documented 28 cases of torture in PA prisons in the West Bank last month. Mohamed Abdel Karim Dar of Hebron, who was hospitalized after being tortured by the Palestinian Authority security forces while in detention, lost the ability to speak as a result, the report said. The organization said it had received another 23 complaints of torture and mistreatment at the hands of the Hamas police force in Gaza.