30.10.2003|Court Documents|Petition to HCJ

HCJ 9733/03 – HaMoked: Center for the Defence of the Individual v. State of Israel et al. Petition for Order Nisi and Interim Order

In its petition, HaMoked requests the HCJ to close the secret detention facility referred to as Facility 1391. The petition relates how the existence of the facility became known; offers testimonies on detention conditions and the inhuman interrogation methods used in the facility, such as sleep and food deprivation, sexual degradation, threats, poor sanitary conditions, failure to provide proper medical care. Attached to the petition is a psychiatrist’s opinion on the harm caused under such circumstances; the petition also describes how the state obfuscates details on conditions in the facility, refuses to identify the persons who interrogate the detainees, or the powers given them; and analyzes the relevant Israeli and international law.