Monday, November 16, 2015

8-year-olds in Israeli prison

"A total of 56 Palestinian children are being held in Givon, 20 of whom are from the West Bank, according to the Palestinian prisoner advocacy gruop Addameer. It is a violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention to transfer prisoners out of the occupied West Bank or Gaza into present-day Israel." "Children as young as 7 or 8 have reportedly been detained at Oz without the presence of their parents, a violation of the Israeli Youth Law that prohibits the interrogation and detention of children under the age of 12. Several children profiled by Addameer had been picked up off the street and beaten during their arrest and interrogation at Oz."