Ref:
90/2010

Abdullah
Rebhi Abu Se’da, 23, and his brother Sa’eed, 17, from Nablus, were beaten and
tortured while they were detained by the Palestinian National Security Forces
(NSF) in Junaid Prison. They were
detained on the ground of a personal dispute between Abdullah and an NSF member. Sa’eed was transported to the hospital. The Palestinian Center for Human Rights
(PCHR) calls upon the Attorney General to seriously investigate this crime and
bring perpetrators to justice.

According
to investigations conducted by PCHR and the testimony of Abdullah Rebhi Ahmed
Abu Se’da, 23, at approximately 21:00 on Wednesday, 22 September 2010, the NSF
arrested Ahmed Rebhi Abu Se’da, 26, and his brother Sa’eed, 17, from a car wash
shop belonging to Ramzi Mohammed Abu Se’da in Ras al-‘Ein neighborhood in
Nablus. They were transported to Junaid
prison. Later on the same day, the NSF
arrested their brother Abdullah, 23, as well. Abdullah and Sa’eed were subjected to torture and beating on their feet
(Falaka) several times. As a
result, Sa’eed suffered from severe exhaustion, and was then transported to
Nablus Specialized Hospital for medical treatment. A PCHR field worker, who visited Sa’eed at
hospital, reported that there were clear blue bruises on his feet. Doctors said that he suffers from spasm of
nerves and cannot breathe normally.

It
should be noted that detention of the three brothers was on the ground of a
personal dispute between Abdullah Abu Se’da and an NSF member that took place
in the evening of the same day in the car wash shop.

PCHR
condemns the detention of the three brothers by the NSF and torturing two of
them, and:

1) Calls upon the
Attorney General to seriously investigate this crime, and bring the
perpetrators to justice;

2) Calls for
immediately stopping the practice of torture in prisons and detention centers
of the Palestinian Authority, given that that torture crimes remain punishable
all the time and the perpetrators cannot escape justice; and

3) Emphasizes that
detention is organized by the Palestinian law and falls within the competence
of judicial warranty officers, represented in the police that work under the
direct orders and supervision of the Attorney-General.