Statements from the UN Secretary General Spokesperson
The Spokesperson of the United Nations (UN) Secretary-General, Farhan Haq, answered questions from reporters at his daily press conference. In response to a question about the inhumane practices that Palestinians are subjected to in Israeli prisons, Haq said, “When human rights norms are violated to this extent, we believe that there needs to be follow-up.”He responded by saying, “We ourselves have published our own reports of our concerns about the situation of Palestinian details.”He used the expressions.
Haq continued his words, “Our human rights colleagues in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories will continue to follow up on all these attacks.”Deputy Spokesperson, regarding the incident in question, “concern”stating, “We believe that all these complaints of violations of basic human rights norms must be thoroughly investigated and accountability must be ensured.”He spoke as follows.
When reminding that many members of the UN Human Rights Council were unable to obtain the visas required for their investigations in the region from Israel, Haq said: “Not only from human rights workers, but also from our humanitarian workers and humanitarian workers from non-governmental organizations.”Haq said Israeli officials, “To provide all visas to those who need to continue their work in Israel and the relevant regions”invited.
Developments in Israel
In recent days, the Israeli military police’s arrival in Sde Teiman on July 29 to detain 10 Israeli soldiers over allegations of reporting a Palestinian has also brought the incidents to the agenda. The incidents erupted as a result of the soldiers resisting the arrest. Some Israeli ministers, especially the far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, came to the fore with messages of support for the rapist soldiers. Following these messages of support, many far-right Israelis, including members of parliament, raided Sde Teiman.
Similar groups had forced their way into the Beit Lid base, where the military court where the detained soldiers were taken, in the evening. The raids by right-wing extremists on two military bases in one day sparked intense debate in Israel.
Detention Process and Torture Allegations
Five of the detained soldiers were released by an Israeli court, while the investigation into the others continues. An Israeli court extended the detention period of five soldiers accused of raping a Palestinian until Sunday, August 11.
The Sde Teiman detention center has been frequently in the news with the investigation of torture. According to a report in the New York Times, Gazans detained at the Sde Teiman detention center are reportedly forced to sit silently on the ground in an open area, blindfolded, handcuffed and held for up to 18 hours a day. The report stated that Palestinian detainees brought to the detention center stay there for up to three months and that many are subjected to inhumane treatment and torture during the interrogation process.
Some Gazans who were held here and later released have described the torture they were subjected to in Sde Teiman and conveyed the trauma they experienced.
