‘They want to break our will’: Gaza flotilla activist tells of rape in Israeli detention

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Anna Liedtke filed a criminal complaint in Israel alleging she was raped by female prison guards during unlawful detention. The abuse was intended to silence Gaza flotilla activists, with claims of male guards laughing and possibly filming the assault.

Anna Liedtke files criminal complaint in Israel over alleged attack by female guards and says abuse was intended to silence campaigners The third time Anna Liedtke was subjected to an illegal strip-search in Israeli detention, female prison guards forced her on to her knees, covered her mouth to stop her screaming and raped her, according to interviews and a criminal complaint filed in Israel. She described hearing male guards laughing during the attack, which she believes they watched and may have filmed. It took place in an area separated from the prison hallway by a partially drawn curtain that her attackers had left open. Continue reading...