Israeli soldiers force Palestinian man to strip naked and crawl in the mud like an animal
26 November 2002
Israeli soldiers forced a Palestinian man to strip naked and crawl around in the mud making animal noises in an incident that was a stark reminder of the brutal and inhumane control that Israeli forces are exerting over the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
The incident occurred in the West Bank city of Nablus on Sunday afternoon when the 25-year-old man who asked to remain nameless was attempting to reach the local medical clinic.
Three armed Israeli soldiers ordered him to stop and wait,. Although the man was clearly not carrying anything that could have been regarded as dangerous, the soldiers forced him to remove all his clothes until he was naked. For approximately one hour he was held either sitting on the wet and muddy ground or standing in the cold rain. The soldiers then decided to amuse themselves by forcing him to crawl around like an animal on all fours, and make animal noises, according to eyewitnesses.
Witnesses say that although the man was behaving in an obviously severely traumatised manner, the soldiers continued to humiliate him and threaten him with their weapons.
This is not the first time that Israeli forces have engaged in inhuman and degrading treatment of Palestinians often endangering their lives. Earlier this year, soldiers buried a man in the sand at a checkpoint in Gaza. Israeli forces have also attempted to humiliate civilians and medical workers by forcing them to remove their clothes on several other occasions. Recently, an Israeli soldier was found to have been openly stealing and feeding to wild dogs the lunches of Palestinian workers trying to cross checkpoints on their way to work.
The prohibition of torture and degrading treatment in international law is absolute. No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, says Article 5 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Similar phrases appear in many other international human rights texts to which Israel is a party. Furthermore, no government may use a state of war, a threat of war, internal political instability or any other public emergency to justify torture or ill-treatment.
The current Israeli occupation of every town and city across the West Bank means that Israeli soldiers armed with weapons and backed up with tanks and military vehicles have absolute control over the lives of over three million Palestinians as they go about their daily business. Curfews and military closures have caused the near collapse of the Palestinian economy, education and health systems.
Soldiers, tanks and military vehicles invade areas of the Gaza Strip on a nightly basis, supported by helicopters and naval boats. The Israeli army constantly threatens the lives of all the inhabitants of these invaded towns and cities, as the number of men, women and children killed by Israeli soldiers illustrate: since the large scale invasion of the West Bank in March 2002, Israeli soldiers are responsible for the deaths of 173 children and 55 women.
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26 November 2002
Israeli soldiers forced a Palestinian man to strip naked and crawl around in the mud making animal noises in an incident that was a stark reminder of the brutal and inhumane control that Israeli forces are exerting over the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
The incident occurred in the West Bank city of Nablus on Sunday afternoon when the 25-year-old man who asked to remain nameless was attempting to reach the local medical clinic.
Three armed Israeli soldiers ordered him to stop and wait,. Although the man was clearly not carrying anything that could have been regarded as dangerous, the soldiers forced him to remove all his clothes until he was naked. For approximately one hour he was held either sitting on the wet and muddy ground or standing in the cold rain. The soldiers then decided to amuse themselves by forcing him to crawl around like an animal on all fours, and make animal noises, according to eyewitnesses.
Witnesses say that although the man was behaving in an obviously severely traumatised manner, the soldiers continued to humiliate him and threaten him with their weapons.
This is not the first time that Israeli forces have engaged in inhuman and degrading treatment of Palestinians often endangering their lives. Earlier this year, soldiers buried a man in the sand at a checkpoint in Gaza. Israeli forces have also attempted to humiliate civilians and medical workers by forcing them to remove their clothes on several other occasions. Recently, an Israeli soldier was found to have been openly stealing and feeding to wild dogs the lunches of Palestinian workers trying to cross checkpoints on their way to work.
The prohibition of torture and degrading treatment in international law is absolute. No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, says Article 5 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Similar phrases appear in many other international human rights texts to which Israel is a party. Furthermore, no government may use a state of war, a threat of war, internal political instability or any other public emergency to justify torture or ill-treatment.
The current Israeli occupation of every town and city across the West Bank means that Israeli soldiers armed with weapons and backed up with tanks and military vehicles have absolute control over the lives of over three million Palestinians as they go about their daily business. Curfews and military closures have caused the near collapse of the Palestinian economy, education and health systems.
Soldiers, tanks and military vehicles invade areas of the Gaza Strip on a nightly basis, supported by helicopters and naval boats. The Israeli army constantly threatens the lives of all the inhabitants of these invaded towns and cities, as the number of men, women and children killed by Israeli soldiers illustrate: since the large scale invasion of the West Bank in March 2002, Israeli soldiers are responsible for the deaths of 173 children and 55 women.
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