SherriMunnerlyn
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Half Israels Palestinian child prisoners are held illegally outside West Bank in G4S-equipped prisons
Half Israel's Palestinian child prisoners are held illegally outside West Bank in G4S-equipped prisons | The Electronic Intifada
"Israel is detaining 195 Palestinian children from the West Bank, more than half of them outside of the occupied territory in violation of international law, according to recent Israeli figures. In an appeal from Defence for Children International - Palestine Section (DCI-PS), the group writes that according to December 2012 Israeli Prison Service figures, 51 percent of child detainees had been transferred to Megiddo, Moscobiyye, Hasharon and al-Jalame (Kishon) prisons located outside the West Bank. This transfer to Israel is a violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention, in particular articles 49, 66 and 76. The latter states that persons accused of offenses shall be detained in the occupied country.
Israeli requires vistors from the West Bank and Gaza to obtain permits to travel to these prisons. This restrictive permit system is a serious obstacle for lawyer and families.
Ninety-four of these children are held in Ofer prison in the West Bank. All these detention facilities have been equipped by British-Danish security firm G4S"
Here is a photo of a protest, protesting Israels unlawful detention of prisoners, to include child prisoners. Activists protest outside G4S headquarters in London
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Half Israel's Palestinian child prisoners are held illegally outside West Bank in G4S-equipped prisons | The Electronic Intifada
"Israel is detaining 195 Palestinian children from the West Bank, more than half of them outside of the occupied territory in violation of international law, according to recent Israeli figures. In an appeal from Defence for Children International - Palestine Section (DCI-PS), the group writes that according to December 2012 Israeli Prison Service figures, 51 percent of child detainees had been transferred to Megiddo, Moscobiyye, Hasharon and al-Jalame (Kishon) prisons located outside the West Bank. This transfer to Israel is a violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention, in particular articles 49, 66 and 76. The latter states that persons accused of offenses shall be detained in the occupied country.
Israeli requires vistors from the West Bank and Gaza to obtain permits to travel to these prisons. This restrictive permit system is a serious obstacle for lawyer and families.
Ninety-four of these children are held in Ofer prison in the West Bank. All these detention facilities have been equipped by British-Danish security firm G4S"
Here is a photo of a protest, protesting Israels unlawful detention of prisoners, to include child prisoners. Activists protest outside G4S headquarters in London
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