NABLUS, West Bank - Palestinian security forces in the West Bank have stopped torturing Hamas prisoners, ending two years of systematic abuse, Hamas inmates said in jailhouse interviews.
The change, said to have taken effect in October, was confirmed by a West Bank Hamas leader, human-rights activists, and the Palestinian prime minister.
The news is expected to defuse a potential problem for Washington since the United States has been closely involved in training Palestinian troops under Western-backed Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, a rival of the Hamas militants.
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