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Palestinian security forces are using methods of torture on detainees held in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip in order to obtain confessions under force, the Independent Commission for Human Rights said.

ICHR Director, Ammar Dwaik, told Ma’an Tuesday that the organization received 1220 complaints of torture from detainees of Palestinian detention centers this year.

According to the complaints filed, Palestinian interrogators used physical and psychological forms of torture, Dwaik said, including lashing, cursing, blasphemy, sleep deprivation, foot whipping, and tying detainees in one position for several hours.

ICHR received 292 complaints of ill-treatment in detention centers in the Palestinian Authority-controlled West Bank and 928 similar complaints from Palestinians who were detained in the Hamas-led Gaza Strip.
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PA cuts salaries of 60 former prisoners of Israel

The Palestinian Authority this week cut the monthly salaries of more than 60 former Palestinian prisoners in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) told Ma'an.

A spokesperson with the society said the reasoning for the cuts are unclear, but confirmed that some of the former prisoners are no longer receiving payment due to their political affiliations.

The spokesperson was unable to provide direct details as to what those affiliations might be, but said that they may not recognize the "legitimacy" of the Palestinian Authority.
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