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alleged to be members of the Palestine National Front. In October 1974, a three-man mission, consisting of two Scandinavian lawyers and a Dutch doctor, travelled to Israel and Syria to investigate allegations that prisoners of war in both countries had been ill-treated during and following the October 1973 war (see chapter on Campaign for the Abolition of Torture).
The delegates were also asked to investigate all allegations concerning the torture of political prisoners in Israel and Syria which had been received by AI, but in neither country were they allowed the access to political prisoners that would have enabled them to carry out this part of their mission. Conse- quently, no allegations of torture of civilian prisoners in Israel have been subjected to independent investigation during the past year and it is therefore not possible for AI to comment on their validity.
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Al groups are investigating the cases of 50 men originally held under administrative detention orders, but in a few of these cases the men have since been brought to trial and sentenced. Three men whose cases were being investi- gated were deported to Lebanon. In addition, an AI group is still working on the case of Rami Levneh, an Israeli Jew who was referred to in last year's annual report. His sentence was reduced from 10 years' imprisonment to 4 years by the Supreme Court in July 1974.
There are approximately 2,500 Arabs imprisoned in Israel and the occupied territories for alleged security offences.
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Reprinted by permission of Diagolo Social, Panama. Cartoonist Gila.
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