Then, as a disorienting measure, security forces transport the detainee to an unknown location, according to reports by the Palestinian Prisoners Society. "The Israeli security agencies aim to suppress the Palestinian community's struggle by eclipsing in jails active people who refuse Israeli hegemonism. Far from being against the detainee alone, detention is often used as a means with much wider implications for wider Palestinian society. "All of these violations are used as tools to destabilize mental health and force detainees to blame themselves," she said. The organization believes that putting a prisoner in solitary confinement is the most dangerous tool of torture.

Source: The Nation October 11, 2021 07:07 UTC