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Dara Singh (born Rabindra Kumar Pal; 2 October 1962) is an Indian convicted murderer and a Bajrang Dal activist.[2] He was convicted for leading a mob and setting fire to the station wagon in which the Australian Christian missionary Graham Staines and his two sons were asleep, burning them all alive, in Orissa.[3][4]

The testimony of a young German activist has renewed scrutiny of sexual violence that’s being used against detainees in Israeli custody as a means of abuse, intimidation, and punishment.

Anna Liedtke, 25, was among the international activists aboard a Freedom Flotilla vessel carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza when Israeli forces intercepted the boat in international waters on 8 October 2025. She was detained in Israel for five days, during which she said she was subjected to repeated unlawful strip-searches and raped by female prison guards while male guards laughed and watched.

Her testimony comes amid continuing concerns over impunity for sexual violence committed in Israeli detention facilities. On 5 July 2024, five Israeli soldiers at the Sde Teiman detention facility in the Negev Desert brutally assaulted a handcuffed and blindfolded Palestinian detainee from Gaza. The assault reportedly involved the rape of the detainee with a sharp object, causing broken ribs, a punctured lung, and severe internal rectal injuries.

A few months ago, Israeli authorities dropped the charges against the five soldiers implicated in the assault. Around the same time, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defended the soldiers, describing them as “heroes”, remarks that intensified concerns over official tolerance and impunity for torture and sexual violence committed against detainees.