February 27, 2013 -- Updated 1607 GMT (0007 HKT)
A U.N. official is calling for a probe into the death of a Palestinian
prisoner "while undergoing interrogation in an Israeli facility." FULL STORY
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February 27, 2013 -- Updated 1520 GMT (2320 HKT)
Palestinians mourn during the funeral Arafat Jaradat on February 25, 2013 in the village of Saair in the West Bank.
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Blame and anger over prisoner's death
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- An international forensic team has been suggested
- The prisoner died during an interrogation, the United Nations says
"The death of a prisoner
during interrogation is always a cause for concern, but in this case,
when Israel has shown a pattern and practice of prisoner abuse, the need
for outside, credible investigation is more urgent than ever," said
Richard Falk, the U.N. special rapporteur for human rights in the
occupied Palestinian territories.
Fury in West Bank over prisoner death
Quoted in a U.N. release
on Wednesday, Falk said the "best approach might be the creation of an
international forensic team under the auspices of the U.N. Human Rights
Council."
Falk said the Palestinian
Authority's chief pathologist observed the autopsy carried out inside
Israel, and found "clear signs of torture" on the body of "previously
healthy" Arafat Jaradat, 30, who died Saturday. Israeli officials had
initially claimed Jaradat died of a heart attack, but the preliminary
autopsy findings did not include a cause of death, the United Nations
said.
A rocket fired from Gaza
landed in southern Israel on Tuesday, the first such attack since a
cease-fire took hold in November between Israel and militants in Gaza.
Militants recently warned there would be retaliation if a prisoner died
or was harmed while in Israeli custody.
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