Israeli gov’t committed human rights abuses in 2023, State Department says – By Lon Kraiem & Hannah Sarisohn (Jerusalem Post) / April 22, 2024
The report, which runs 103 pages, details intentional efforts by National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir to worsen conditions for security prisoners, and the denial of visits by the Red Cross.
Israel committed serious human rights violations in 2023, according to the US State Department’s 2023 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, which was released on Monday afternoon.
The section on Israel, which runs 103 pages, documents “credible reports” of more than a dozen types of human rights abuses, including extrajudicial killings, torture, arbitrary detention, conflict-related sexual violence or punishment, and the punishment of family members for alleged offenses by a relative.
“The government took some credible steps to identify and punish officials who may have committed human rights abuses,” the report noted.
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