{"id":5633,"date":"2026-03-24T02:36:58","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T02:36:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/03\/24\/un-expert-says-world-has-given-israel-licence-to-torture-palestinians\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T02:36:58","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T02:36:58","slug":"un-expert-says-world-has-given-israel-licence-to-torture-palestinians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/03\/24\/un-expert-says-world-has-given-israel-licence-to-torture-palestinians\/","title":{"rendered":"UN expert says world has given Israel \u2018licence to torture Palestinians\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><em>UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese says torture \u2018has effectively become state policy\u2019 in Israel.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>A United Nations expert says the world has given Israel a licence to torture Palestinians, with life in the occupied Palestinian territory \u201ca continuum of physical and mental suffering\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Francesca Albanese, the UN\u2019s special rapporteur on the rights situation in Palestinian territory occupied since 1967, said on Monday that \u201ctorture has effectively become state policy\u201d in Israel.<\/p>\n<section>\n<h2>Recommended Stories <\/h2>\n<p><span>list of 3 items<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>list 1 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/2\/16\/un-staffers-back-francesca-albanese-condemn-european-ministers-for-attacks\">UN staffers back Francesca Albanese, condemn European ministers for attacks<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 2 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/2\/26\/family-of-un-rapporteur-albanese-sues-trump-administration-over-sanctions\">Family of UN rapporteur Albanese sues Trump administration over sanctions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 3 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/3\/21\/israel-systematically-torturing-palestinians-in-custody-says-un-expert\">Israel systematically torturing Palestinians in custody, says UN expert<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>\u201cIsrael has effectively been given a licence to torture Palestinians, because most of your governments, your ministers, have allowed it,\u201d she said, as she presented her latest report to the UN Human Rights Council.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat once operated in the shadows is now practiced openly: a regime of organised humiliation, pain and degradation, sanctioned at the highest political levels,\u201d Albanese said in the report, titled \u201cTorture and genocide\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTorture is not confined to cells and interrogation rooms,\u201d the report outlined.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThrough the cumulative impact of mass displacement, siege, denial of aid and food, unrestrained military and settler violence, and pervasive surveillance and terror, the occupied Palestinian territory has become a space of collective punishment, where the destruction of the conditions of life turns genocidal violence into a tool of collective torture with long-term mental and physical consequences for the occupied population,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n<p>Albanese, an outspoken critic of Israeli action in the occupied West Bank and its genocidal war on Gaza, has faced backlash from Israel and the United States, with mounting calls for her removal from the position of special rapporteur.<\/p>\n<p>Since October 7, 2023, Israeli attacks on Gaza have killed at least 72,263 people and injured 171,944 others, according to Gaza\u2019s Ministry of Health.<\/p>\n<p>In the occupied West Bank, since October 2023, Israeli authorities arrested more than 18,500 Palestinians, including at least 1,500 children as of February, the report found.<\/p>\n<p>Israel\u2019s mission to the UN slammed Albanese\u2019s report and called her an \u201cagent of chaos\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlbanese abuses her UN platform to engage in virulent antisemitism, including peddling narratives that constitute Holocaust distortion and trivialisation. She routinely makes statements supporting terrorist organisations and advocates dangerous extremist narratives to undermine the very existence of the State of Israel,\u201d the mission said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Albanese called on UN member states to \u201cprevent and punish\u201d acts of torture and genocide, and uphold international law.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIts increasing use as part of Israel\u2019s genocide against the Palestinian people makes this violation all the more grave and indefensible,\u201d she said, according to a UN press release.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the international community continues to tolerate such acts when inflicted on Palestinians, then the law itself will be stripped of meaning.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese says torture \u2018has effectively become state policy\u2019 in Israel. A United Nations expert says the world has given Israel a licence to torture Palestinians, with life in the occupied Palestinian territory \u201ca continuum of physical and mental suffering\u201d. 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