Israel Prevents Palestinian Detainees of Medical Treatment as Form of Torture, PRC Tells UNHRC

العربي أدناه Israel Prevents Palestinian Detainees of Medical Treatment as Form of Torture, PRC Tells UNHRC The Palestinian Return Centre (PRC) in London delivered an oral statement before members of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) as part of Agenda Item 3 on torture. “Just a few days ago Israel’s parliament passed the first stage of a bill that stops funding what it deems to be ‘non-essential’ medical treatment for political Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons; This is the latest law passed of many that is seeking to further deteriorate the living conditions of Palestinian prisoners. This law is essentially legislating medical negligence as a means of torture and punishment”, the statement read. PRC said that pregnant Palestinian prisoners are often denied medical care as a means for Israeli forces to blackmail, coerce and extract false confessions from them, with reported cases stating how thes