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Last update - 15:55 06/09/2007 Report: Norway diplomats urge Oslo to criticize Israel over torture By The Associated Press Tags: torture, human rights, Israel  Norway's embassy in Tel Aviv has urged the government to criticize Israel for the alleged use of torture in prisons, the state radio network NRK reported Thursday. The network said it had obtained a secret diplomatic document from the embassy urging action by expressing our concern that torture is still practiced in Israel. According to Norway's NRK, the concern stemmed from a report by the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel, an Israeli human rights group, claiming that prisoners were sometimes beaten during interrogation, held in painfully tight handcuffs and suffered isolation, threats, humiliation and sleep deprivation. Advertisement Norway's Deputy Foreign Minister Raymond Johansen said he was aware of the document, but had not decided whether to act upon the recommendation. "We have a number of difficult cases to raise with the Israeli authorities, not in the least in relation to the Israel-Palestinian conflict," Johansen said on NRK. "Every government must exercise good judgment in which matters to raise at any given time." He said Norway does consider torture and abuse to be serious issues, but you always have to make a choice. The Israeli Embassy in Oslo said it could not immediately comment on the report because the ambassador was in a meeting. Norway has sought to be a peacemaker in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, having secretly brokered the now-tattered 1993 Oslo Agreement Peace accords between the sides. According to NRK, the secret diplomatic document says the interrogation methods are seen as legal by Israeli authorities. NRK said the human rights group report was based on interviews with 82 former prisoners. Bookmark to del.icio.us   Officer convicted A military court convicts an IDF officer who led troops in a West Bank rampage. A different Anne Frank A Dutch Jewish condemns the distribution of a postcard of Anne Frank wearing kaffiyeh.   1.   Even Handed Norway 16:20  |  Brad 06/09/07   2.   Norway 16:21  |  MarkC 06/09/07   3.   Tell me who your friens are and I`ll tell you who you are! 16:23  |  Robin 06/09/07   4.   And as proof... 16:23  |  Michael 06/09/07   5.   The Land Of Tiny Giants 16:44  |  Tony Anthony 06/09/07   6.   No. 1 16:56  |  steve 06/09/07   7.   Ambulance crew called Mohammed Ali for a "Black pig" and refused 17:06  |  Absolute Sweden 06/09/07   8.   Norway"s Embassey 17:25  |  JordanisPalestine 06/09/07   9.   If Norway Wants To Protest Treatment Of Palestinians... 17:34  |  Yosemite 06/09/07   10.   #5 18:36  |  JordanisPalestine 06/09/07   11.   The Norwegians must be joking 19:34  |  petya 06/09/07   12.   Good salmon, great babes, lousy diplomats 20:15  |  Robert 06/09/07   13.   Norway`s "Red" party is virulently Antijewish 20:27  |  Terje 06/09/07   14.   Another breach of the UDHR 21:11  |  Nick Ferriman 06/09/07   15.   # 5 : I have heard that they did protest 21:13  |  christa 06/09/07   16.   Nick Ferriman,engaged in torturing Muslims in Thailand 21:26  |  Absolute Sweden 06/09/07   17.   petya 6 21:39  |  realism 06/09/07   18.   Norway 22:36  |  Esther Gynther 06/09/07   19.   REPORT: Haaretz Poster Urges Norway to put it where the sund don` 22:41  |  Brant 06/09/07   20.   Norwegian Character 23:13  |  Bo S. 06/09/07   21.   To #2 23:59  |  David 06/09/07   22.   Norway was innocent in holocaust 00:23  |  Terje 07/09/07   23.   Nutjobs 00:48  |  hungryjoe 07/09/07   24.   Boy you guys hate fair criticism 03:19  |  Neil 07/09/07   25.   Nick Ferriman - Why are you on this forum? 09:28  |  Martha Hoelzermann 07/09/07   26.   An exception for Israel 11:04  |  Michael 07/09/07   27.   Fair Criticism... 12:22  |  Keith B 07/09/07   28.   Norway 13:24  |  Isabella 07/09/07   29.   Torturing, really? Cannot be true? 04:22  |  ants 09/09/07   30.   Tony be serious please 17:55  |  Jean-Paul DOGUET 09/09/07   31.   Norway is well-meaning 11:32  |  Doubtom 10/09/07

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