PA: UN wants Israel to admit secret prison

Ma’an News Agency, Nov 22, 2009

Ramallah – Ma’an – The UN has sent an official request to Israel to admit the existence of secret prison camp 1391, dubbed in the press “Israel’s Guantanamo Bay,” according to the Palestinian Authority minister of prisoners affairs.Minister Issa Qaraqe told a news conference in Ramallah on Saturday that the UN had asked the Israeli government in a letter to officially acknowledge that the facility. Human rights experts with the United Nations Committee Against Torture questioned Israeli officials about the facility in may when the country came up for a regular review under a treaty obligation, Reuters reported. Continues >>

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Tags: abuse of prisoners, Israel, Palestinian prisoners, secret prison camp 1391, United Nations Committee Against Torture