Israeli violence against children and youth in custody

Terry Scott, American Palestinian New Generation

Our American tax dollars are used to support, arm, and protect a violent and criminal Israeli military and "justice" system that has institutionalized violence against women and children. Israel holds hundreds of child prisoners and had imprisoned over 2500 children since 2000. According to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, adopted on 20 November 1989 and entered into force on 2 September1990 (to which Israel is a signatory), and to relevant Israeli law, a child is defined as every human being under the age of 18 years. This is reiterated in the UN Rules for the Protection of Juveniles Deprived of their Liberty, adopted by General Assembly Resolution 45/113 of 14 December 1990. However, Palestinian children from the age of 16 years are considered adults under Israeli military regulations governing the Occupied Palestinian Territories. An international court of law ought to take the testimony of this 15-year old whose incarceration and interrogation was characterized by threats of rape...

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Child detainee threatened with rape during interrogation

Saed Bannoura - IMEMC & Agencies

A Palestinian child detainee, who was taken prisoner by the Israeli forces two months ago, said that he was threatened with rape by Israeli interrogators unless he confesses to what they accuse him with. The child also said that he was tortured for 25 days and was confined to solitary in Petah Tikva prison. In an affidavit singed in front of lawyer of the Palestinian Prisoner Society, Hanan Al Khateeb, detainee Dhia' Mahdi Al Bostami, 15, from Nablus, said that he was taken prisoner on October 2, and was forced to sign a "confession" written in Hebrew without knowing what it states...

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