The most severe case presented by Weiner involved an Arab Christian convert who was confined to a tiny cell and regularly left for days without food. During interrogation, he was often tortured by the PA officers who put out cigarettes on his back.
Weiner, who interviewed this man in his office, said he saw firsthand the cigarette-burn scars on the man's back.
Moreover, strips of sheet metal were held with tongs in hot fire and touched to the skin of the Christian convert's buttocks and his Achilles tendon where the heat melted through the back of his feet.
The man had provided Weiner photographs of his injuries when they were still fresh, as well as hospital documents.
"His injuries are the kind you read in medieval books. It is hard to describe," commented Weiner.
The Christian convert had only begun giving out books on Christianity and speaking to Muslims about his newfound faith when the PA immediately cracked down on him.
During his imprisonment, the convert was promised by the police that he would be freed and given a senior position in the PA with a big office if he reverted back to Islam. He refused, however, and was shot dead by masked men on 21 January 2004
"I dedicated my book to this courageous man who continued to practice the religion of his choice even in the face of constant harassment and death threats," said Weiner, pointing out that his murderers have not been brought to justice.
Weiner's talk came just a month after Hamas forcefully took over the Gaza Strip, where it is feared that Christians will suffer even more under the Islamic fundamentalist group as well as the lack of law and order following the military coup.
"It is my hope that if these human rights issues are publicised, that there will be more international pressure on the Fatah, Hamas and Islamic Jihad," concluded Weiner.
"Religious tolerance is a fundamental human right for all people in every part of the world," he said.
"This should be understood as the beginning of everything."
