"We heard him screaming day and night. His screams were heart-rending, but we could do nothing to help him," said one detainee who was released following Barghouti's death.
The torture reportedly included severe beating, using plastic hoses, electric burns, sleep deprivation, and the notorious technique known as " shabh ", or hooding, whereby an inmate is kept in an extremely uncomfortable position for many hours. These are virtually the same patterns of torture used by Israel's domestic security agency, the Shin Bet, against Palestinian detainees.
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