Palestinian Authority routinely tortures detainees, says rights group

Human Rights Watch calls for donors to cut off funding to security forces and urges international court to investigate

Palestinian authorities in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip systematically torture critics in detention, a practice that could amount to crimes against humanity, an international rights group has said.

In its report, Human Rights Watch (HRW) called for donor countries to cut off funding to Palestinian security forces that commit such crimes and urged the international criminal court to investigate.