Nizar Banat death in PA custody: military trial of 14 officers produced no verdict in reporting reviewed; family withdrew

Activist Nizar Banat, a critic of the PA, died on 24 June 2021 after Palestinian security forces arrested him at his home in Dura, Hebron; an autopsy found unnatural death from assault. Fourteen low-ranking officers were indicted in September 2021 and tried in a military court; no senior officials were charged.