Middle East crisis: UN’s expert on torture investigating claims Palestinian detainees were mistreated in Israel – as it happened

UN special rapporteur on torture to carry out fact-finding investigation after receiving allegations detained Palestinians were mistreated

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Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories have expanded by a record amount and risk eliminating any practical possibly of a Palestinian state, the UN human rights chief said on Friday, reports Reuters.

The UN's high commissioner for human rights Volker Turk said that the growth of Israeli settlements amounted to the transfer by Israel of its own population, which he said was a war crime. The US Biden administration said last month the settlements were inconsistent" with international law after Israel announced new housing plans in the occupied West Bank.