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Badr Tells His Story Of Interrogation

Badr Tells His Story Of Interrogation
Ahrar-Wledna


"Badr Abdulqader"

28 May 2012

Bader Abdul Qader, 34, of the occupied city of Tiba in 1948, tells the story of his detention and interrogation after he spent 10 years in Israeli occupation prisons.

“10 years ago, I woke up to see several Israeli soldiers breaking through my house and spoiling its contents; they took me outside and put me in the military Jeep amid the screaming of my family members.” Badr said.

He added that the IOF transferred him to the police of Tiba where he was exposed to the first stage of interrogation.

“There, the officer of the occupation intelligence told me that I am accused of a security charge with other people involved and asked me to confess while threatening to send me to interrogation centers” he said.

“When I refused to do so, after one hour of interrogation, I was transferred to the closest interrogation center where they beat me, uncovered my eyes and undressed me” Badr said.

He continued saying that he spent one day and a half under continuous interrogation and torture, plus threats of demolishing his house and imprisoning his family members.

“When I refused to confess to what I did not do, the interrogator held me in an isolation cell for two hours where their spies started their attempts to take information from me while pretending that they are ordinary prisoners just like me” he said.

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After this, Badr was tied to a chair for three days and a half which caused him severe pain especially as he suffers from backache (Disk).

He said that the officer opened the air conditioner straight forward against his back and neck to increase his backache pain.

After 15 days of continuous interrogation the officers threatened to arrest his father if Badr did not confess; after refusing to do so, they did arrest his father to put pressure on Badr.

However, Badr was strong enough to stay steadfast and overcome such a stressful situation without confession.

Badr, now released, calls all prisoners in Israeli prisons to stay united and steadfast as much as possible.

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