Rights group raps Israel child arrests A Geneva-based rights group has released a report documenting the Israeli soldiers’ crimes against Palestinian children. According to a Monday report by Euro-mid Observer for Human Rights, child arrests by Israeli troops are on the rise in the occupied West Bank. The report added that 740 Palestinian children were arrested during the first two months of 2014, 465 of whom remained in custody for at least one week. “These are continuous aggressions taking place by the Israelis against the Palestinian children,” Ayed Abu Qtaish from the Palestinian rights group, Defense for Children International (DCI), . “DCI has recorded 8,000 child arrests since the first Intifada and each year the range is between 500 to 700 children. During these periods of arrest, the children are subject to torture and out of 91 cases this year, 70 percent of the children complain of ill treatment,” Qtaish added. In January, the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel accused Tel Aviv of torturing Palestinian children, saying the minors are routinely held in outdoor cages for hours after their arrest. The organization said the children have to endure freezing temperatures outside transit facilities, and this kind of torture is a long-running practice meant to terrify the detained children.
Posted on: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 16:48:39 +0000