[Reuters] The Independent Commission for Human Rights said Thursday that five Palestinians died in 2008 in questionable circumstances in prisons in the West Bank, where Fatah holds sway, and two in jails in Hamas-run Gaza. The Palestinian rights group said it had documented torture in Palestinian prisons in both territories that included beatings and the removal of fingernails. The ICHR said it received 2,312 complaints of arrests and prisoner mistreatment in 2008 compared with 2,007 in the previous year.
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