TORTURE – Israeli occupation soldiers break the legs of Palestinian minor RAMALLAH, (PIC)– The international organization for the defense of children has said that the Israeli occupation soldiers savagely beat up a Palestinian child after breaking both his legs. The organization quoted the 16-year-old boy Mahmoud Qatna as saying that he was heading to an area near the separation wall in his village Beit
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Thursday, 09 February 2012 Amid the humanitarian crises facing the people of the Gaza strip there exists a less well known or talked about crisis, that of mental health. Israel’s tightening of the illegal closure of Gaza in 2006, and its 2008-2009 offensive, has meant that, for Gaza’s 1.7 million civilians, reality is a mix of isolation and violence. This mixture has contributed to
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Israeli forces assault family, arrest their 13-year-old child OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– A large number of Israeli special forces broke into the home of a Palestinian family in Aisawiye village in occupied Jerusalem and arrested a 13-year-old minor. Local sources said that the family members were surprised with the big number who came to arrest a child and that the father tried to prevent them
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Palestijnse kinderen worden slecht behandeld in Israëlische gevangenissen. Dat blijkt uit onderzoek van een aantal mensenrechtenorganisaties en de Britse krant The Guardian. Jaarlijks worden tussen de 500 a 700 Palestijnse kinderen vastgehouden. Onder het bericht staat een video in het Engels: The Palestinian children – alone and bewildered – in Israel’s Al Jalame jail De meeste van hen worden beschuldigd van het gooien van
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Facts about the Interrogation of the Palestinian Minor by Israeli officers Euro-Mid Observer for Human Rights commented on a number of facts about the violations committed by the Israeli authorities against Palestinian “minors” being detained and extracting confessions under pressure, in Israeli police stations Euro-Mid Observer for Human Rights (Euro-Mid Observer) commented on a leaked video showing Israeli interrogators grabbing confessions from a Palestinian
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Six-year-old Blindfolded and Detained by Israeli Soldiers A new line was crossed by the Israeli occupying forces in East Jerusalem this week when they harassed, blindfolded and detained a six-year-old boy, with a serious illness, for seven hours. The arbitrary detention of children is a common feature of Israel’s regime in the occupied Palestinian territory; hundreds of incidents similar to those described below were
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“Sometimes I feel my stomach will explode”: Israel subjects teen prisoner to medical negligence Emily Lawrence The Electronic Intifada Beit Ommar 5 January 2012 The streets of Beit Ommar are lined with posters of Palestinian boys and men, martyrs and prisoners of the Israeli occupation. One house is plastered with more posters than the others: the house of the Awad family, whose two sons
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ACTION ALERT: : PALESTINIAN CHILDREN HELD IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT December 14, 2011 According to Defense Children International, in October and November 2011, at least four Palestinian children were held in solitary confinement by the Israeli occupation army for between 3 and 24 days. To read the story of Rasheed J. who was held in solitary confinement, go here: http://www.dci-palestine.org/documents/voices-occupation-rasheed-j-detention On 18 October 2011, the
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Name: Rasheed J. Date of arrest: 4 November 2011 Age: 16 Location: Haris village, West Bank Accusation: Throwing stones On 4 November 2011, a 16-year-old boy from Haris village, in the occupied West Bank, is arrested by Israeli soldiers and held in solitary confinement at Al Jalame interrogation centre for 13 days. Two days before his arrest, Israeli soldiers came to Rasheed’s house when
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Name: Nedal H. Date of incident: 13 December 2011 Age: 13 Location: Erez industrial zone, Gaza Nature of incident: Shot while collectinig scrap metal On 13 December 2011, a 13-year-old boy from Gaza is shot in the shoulder whilst collecting scrap metal, about 400 metres from the border with Israel. Thirteen-year-old Nedal describes his family’s financial situation as “very harsh”. “I was very weak
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