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Why not show us where the UN is condemning the torture of children in Muslim countries? For the life of me, I don't see how the Palestinian children are completing their education while in Israeli jails while allegedly being tortured. I wonder if Frau Sherri can tell us if people in Muslim jails are getting their college degrees like they are getting in Israeli jails? It would be interesting to find out which Muslim countries allow this; and if anyone should know, it would be Frau Sherri.UN Special Rapporteur Richard Falk addresses unlawful administrative detentions by Israel in his 2012 Report, as well as other violations of law with respect to detained Palestinian political prisoners:
"15. During the mission, the Special Rapporteur met with the Minister of Prisoners Affairs of the Palestinian Authority, Issa Qaraqe, who provided further information on the current scope of administrative detention, but also discussed the full range of grievances associated with conditions confronting the approximately 4,300 Palestinians currently confined to Israeli prisons. Among the violations that the Minister mentioned were the following: denial of family visits for periods as long as five years; frequent imposition of solitary confinement, sometimes for as long as 10 years, with severe psychological and physical harmful effects; reliance on an ―illegal combatant law‖ to permit continued detention after the term of imprisonment has expired, applied to nine prisoners from Gaza; detention of children for long periods without family access and held far from the place of residence, with reports of torture and coerced confessions; and initial interrogations frequently held at Israeli settlements beyond the reach of the International Committee of the Red Cross, family members and lawyers. The large number of Palestinians languishing in Israeli jails is itself a violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention, article 76, which requires that detention take place within the territory under occupation, and prohibits their transfer to prisons in the territory of the occupying power. It is a tragic display of double standards that so much international attention, even solemn international appeals, were dedicated to a single Israel soldier held in captivity for several years, while no significant effort is made to secure the release of or ensure that international prison standards are being met with regard to thousands of Palestinian prisoners."
http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/HRBodies/HRCouncil/RegularSession/Session20/A-HRC-20-32_en.pdf
Notice, the UN Special Rapporteur specifically addresses Israel's torture of children, this is a regular practice of Israel and has been documented by human rights organizations for decades now.