Detention Bulletin November 2013

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Detention Bulletin November 2013 Detention Figures On November 30, a total of 173 Palestinian children were imprisoned and prosecuted in the Israeli military court system, an 173 children detained increase of 16.4 percent from the previous month. There were 16 16 children aged 12-15 children between the ages of 12 and 15. 89 held inside Israel 0 girls detained On November 27, DCI-Palestine lawyers submitted complaints to 0 in admin detention the Israeli Military Police Criminal Investigations Division concerning the ill treatment of three Palestinian teenagers during arrest and transfer to Ariel police station in September. Donate now In separate incidents, Israeli soldiers severely and repeatedly beat Ali S, 14, from Azzun, Hendi S, 17, from Salfit, and Mohammad A, 15, from Tulkarem after arresting them. One soldier extinguished a cigarette on Ali’s lip while another burned Hendi’s arm with a cigarette, according to the sworn testimonies of the two teenagers. Hendi and Mohammad were denied access to food, water and toilet facilities for a long period. All three of them were accused of stone throwing. Hendi was previously arrested and subjected to ill-treatment in Februray 2013.

Lawyers for Palestinian Human Rights (LPHR) filed a complaint against the security firm G4S to the the Organization for Economic Join our email list Cooperation and Development (OECD) concerning the supply of goods and services to Israeli detention facilities in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory. Follow Recently, the UK-based Independent reported that G4S contracts and activities would be the subject of an OECD investigation. Like

November 2013 Detention Data Watch

Each year approximately 500-700 Palestinian children, some as young as 12 years, are detained and prosecuted in the Israeli Case Summaries military court system.

The most common charge is for throwing stones. Currently 51.4 Amr J. (17) percent of Palestinian child prisoners are detained inside Israel Detained: 20 November 2013 in violation of Article 76 of the Fourth Geneva Convention. Location: Al-Arroub, Hebron Night arrest, ill-treatment, coerced Below is the latest data from the Israeli Prison Service (IPS) on the confession, signed papers in Hebrew number of Palestinian children in Israeli military detention at the end of each month. Israeli soldiers arrested Amr, 17, from his home in the middle of the night and accused him of throwing Total number of Palestinian children in Israeli stones. Read more. detention at end of each month Tareq E. (9) Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Aver. Detained: 15 November 2013 Location: Kafr Qaddum, Qalqilya 2009 389 423 420 391 346 355 342 339 326 325 306 305 355 Detained while under the age of criminal responsibility, ill-treatment 2010 318 343 342 335 305 291 284 286 269 256 228 213 289 Israeli soldiers detained Tareq, 9, 2011 222 221 226 220 211 209 202 180 164 150 161 135 192 prior to a weekly demonstration demanding the reopening of the 2012 170 187 206 220 234 221 211 195 189 164 178 195 198 main road in the village of Kafr Qaddum. Read more. 2013 223 236 238 238 223 193 195 179 179 159 173 - 203 Wael D. (17) Note: These figures are not cumulative Detained: 5 November 2013 Location: Azzun, Qalqilya Ill-treatment, coerced confession, unlawful transfer Number of 12-15 year old Palestinians in Israeli Israeli soldiers arrested Wael, 17, detention at end of each month while he hung around a road used by Israeli soldiers and settlers by Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Aver. the village of Azzun, near Qalqilya in the West Bank. Read more. 2009 50 54 53 47 39 47 42 39 40 44 41 42 44 News Alerts 2010 44 41 39 32 25 23 18 20 32 34 32 30 31

2011 34 45 45 37 38 38 40 34 35 30 33 19 36 Israeli authorities urged to 2012 26 24 31 33 39 35 34 30 28 21 21 23 29 investigate abuse of Palestinian teenagers 2013 31 39 39 44 48 41 35 30 27 15 16 - 33 Ramallah, December 4, 2013— Defense for Children International Note: These figures are not cumulative Palestine submitted complaints to the Israeli Military Police Criminal Investigations Division over the ill- For more DCI-Palestine news alerts, features and commentary treatment of three Palestinian click here. teenagers in September Read more.

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