Israel’s Darkest Weapon | Al Jazeera Originals

#Israel is the only state to have legalised #torture through a ruling by its own Supreme Court.

Bodies of Evidence is an Al Jazeera original investigative documentary. It examines the use of #sexualviolence, torture, & degradation against #Palestinian detainees, practices that rights groups & experts say have been systematically employed by Israeli military, intelligence, and prison authorities for decades.
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https://www.aljazeera.com/video/2026/6/11/israels-darkest-weapon-al-jazeera-originals

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Israel’s Darkest Weapon | Al Jazeera Originals

Investigation exposes decades of alleged Israeli torture and sexual violence against Palestinian detainees

Al Jazeera

"[K]illing [..] a 3-year-old boy, Yahya al‑Malahi."

"Israeli fire also killed a 14-year-old child, Ahmad Halawa."

"10-year-old Abdullah Dawwas was shot in the head."
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Title: Israel kills toddler in Gaza
Author: Nora Barrows-Friedman
Publication: The Electronic Intifada
April 17, 2026
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#Gaza #WestBank #Palestine #Israel #Lebanon #Aid #Food #Genocide #Military #Healthcare #SexualViolence
https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/israel-kills-toddler-gaza

Israel kills toddler in Gaza

Israelis subjecting Gaza to systematic, escalating process of engineered starvation.

The Electronic Intifada

Review: Bokutachi ga Yarimashita

Bokutachi ga Yarimashita (We Did It, 僕たちがやりました), 2015-2017, Kaneshiro, Muneyuki, Young Magazine STORY: 8 Meet Tobio, Isami, and Maru, three boys who are trying to enjoy their everyday, average life, along with an older and lonely rich boy that provides all the money for their fun. Things could be simple if their school was not located next to Yaba High, a notorious establishment full of dangerous delinquents. When one day, they decide to rise against their bullies, their […]

https://mangaispolitical.noblogs.org/post/2026/06/14/review-bokutachi-ga-yarimashita/

Serving "up to 80 years for crimes tied to the turbulent years [..] that reshaped Chinatown in the 1990s."

Some "describe themselves instead as poor newcomers — smuggled in, indebted, and vulnerable — who were coerced."
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Title: The Lost Prisoners of Chinatown's Gang Era
Author: April Xu
Publication: Documented
April 13, 2026
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#NewYork #USA #China #Immigration #Courts #Incarceration #SexualViolence
https://documentedny.com/2026/04/13/lost-prisoners-chinatown-gangs/

The Lost Prisoners of Chinatown’s Gang Era

Dozens of men were swept up in crackdowns on New York's Chinatown gangs in the 1990s and sentenced to decades in prison. More than 30 years later, they're urging the state to let them go home.

Documented
The UN has shamed Israel over sexual violence in conflict. Now there must be accountability

Russia is also included on the UN’s blacklist – and it faces enormous pressure from sanctions. The same consequences must apply to Israel, says war correspondent Janine di Giovanni

The Guardian

"Over 1,000 postcards have been written, stamped, and sent across continents."

"[C]arefully addressed to Palestinian female prisoners held inside Israel's Damon Prison."

The "prisoners will never see them."
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Author: Hind Shraydeh
Publication: Mondoweiss
April 11, 2026
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#Israel #Palestine #USA #Censorship #Incarceration #Torture #SexualViolence #DeathPenalty
https://mondoweiss.net/2026/04/israeli-prison-authorities-are-blocking-hundreds-of-solidarity-postcards-being-sent-to-female-palestinian-prisoners/

Israeli prison authorities are blocking hundreds of solidarity postcards being sent to female Palestinian

A global campaign led by churches and an Islamic center across 15 U.S. states is sending hundreds of solidarity postcards to female Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons, but Israeli prison authorities are blocking them from being delivered.

Mondoweiss
October 7 Report Examines Sexual Violence Through Testimony, Images, and Law

In my explainer, I examine how the Civil Commission on October 7th Crimes by Hamas Against Women and Children tried to document one of the most difficult and painful questions surrounding the Hamas-led October 7 attack: how to investigate sexual violence when many victims were murdered, crime scenes were chaotic, and much of the conventional […]

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