UNICEF Study: Israel Abuses Palestinian Child Detainees
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Israel Promises 'Adjustments' to Treatment of Child Prisoners
A scathing new report (PDF)
from UNICEF blasts the Israeli government for its treatment of the
hundreds of Palestinian children it captures and holds as “detainees”
annually, referring to their treatment as “cruel, inhuman and
degrading.”
The report says children are routinely blindfolded, shackled with painful restraints, and face physical violence, death threats, and threats of sexual assault against themselves or a family member.
The report goes on to criticize the Israeli court system for its handling of such child detainees, noting that the children are held shackled, denied bail and are often sentenced to “custodial sentences” outside of the occupied territories, being brought into Israel to serve out sentences.
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