Francesca Albanese, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the occupied Palestinian territory, stated on Wednesday that the torture of Palestinian detainees has become “widespread and systematic.”
“Since October 7, torture against Palestinian prisoners has become widespread and systematic. Both male and female detainees have been subjected to sexual violence, including rape,” Francesca Albanese wrote on X.
She added, ” The documented gang rape at SdeTeiman is not an isolated case—it’s part of a pattern.”
She stressed, “This is not just cruelty: inflicting severe physical or mental harm on members of a group ‘as such’ is a constitutive element of genocide.”
Source: Agencies.
