International Political Prisoner Day
Palestinian Child Prisoners
Documentation of the
physical abuse, torture and false confessions have caught the attention of many
organizations. The dichotomy between the illusion Israel presents to the world
as a democratic and law-abiding nation has been shattered with the
investigative reports of on how Israel treats Palestinian by dehumanizing them
to a point they are not seen as humans but as tools to suppress Palestinian
resistance. Putting children in prison for 20 years on the grounds of throwing
stones at Israeli military and settlers.
As a signatory to
the Article of 76 of the Fourth Geneva Convention Israel is obliged to follow
rules of engaging prisoners. It is not allowed to detain prisoners outside the
territory of occupation. Prisoners are not to be tortured or coerced to indulge
any information. Prisoners are to be provided with a lawyer and given an
opportunity to provide evidence of their innocence to a jury.
The Defense of
Children International Statics on the Abuse of Child Prisoners listed these
types of interrogation methods used by Israeli officials from January 2008 to
January 2012. For a more detailed report see: http://www.palestinecampaign.org/campaign/child-prisoners/
Hand ties
|
95%
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Blindfolds
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90%
|
Physical
violence
|
75%
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Detention
inside Israel
|
63%
|
Solitary confinement
|
60%
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Confession during interrogation
|
58%
|
Threats
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57%
|
Verbal
abuse/humiliation
|
54%
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Strip searched
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33%
|
Transferred on floor of vehicle
|
32%
|
Signed/shown
documents in Hebrew
|
29%
|
Arrested
between midnight
and
0500
|
12%
|
The Israeli culture
of impunity reinforces the systematic and institutionalized system of abuse towards
Palestinian children prisoners as documented in the testimonies of thirty-three
children located in this document. http://www.palestinecampaign.org/campaign/child-prisoners/
After a three-month
investigation the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Child puts it in a
more realistic perspective by calling attention to the trend that one out of
every fifty Palestinian families have a least one family member imprisoned in
the last ten year. It is a horrible situation to learn that child detentions
have become a central issue in the lives of the Palestinian people. The link to
the entire United Nations report http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/06/25/pale-j25.html
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Act Now! Sign this petition to Secretary of State John Kerry to stop the detention and arrest of Palestinian children by Israel: https://www.change.org/p/take-action-now-stop-the-arrest-and-detention-of-palestinian-children recruiter=32878192&utm_source=share_petition&utm_
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Three videos of Israeli Offense Forces arresting Palestinians children:
1. https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=599613566824335&set=vb.118863654899331&type=2&theater
3. http://972mag.com/detained-testimonies-from-palestinian-children-imprisoned-by-israel/69526/
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Othman was fourteen years-old when he was arrested by Israeli forces, here is his story. http://www.dci-palestine.org/documents/child-house-arrests-rise-jerusalem-clampdown
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Othman was fourteen years-old when he was arrested by Israeli forces, here is his story. http://www.dci-palestine.org/documents/child-house-arrests-rise-jerusalem-clampdown
Additional sources
Palestinian children tortured, used as shields by Israel: U.N by Stephanie Nebehay (Reuters)http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/20/us-palestinian-israel-children-idUSBRE95J0FR20130620?irpc=932
Israeli Abuse of Palestinian Children Systematic says U.N. Rport by Hazel Ward (The WorldPost) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/06/israeli-abuse-of-palestinian-children-systematic_n_2817231.html
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Photograph from Wikicommons
Israeli Abuse of Palestinian Children Systematic says U.N. Rport by Hazel Ward (The WorldPost) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/06/israeli-abuse-of-palestinian-children-systematic_n_2817231.html
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Photograph from Wikicommons
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Boycott for Peace!
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