SherriMunnerlyn
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Torture has such a long history in Israel, torture of Palestinians unlawfully held inside Israeli prisons inside Israel, torture of the indigenous peoples of Palestine.
One type of torture is especially troubling, and that is when it is the children who are targeted and tortured (chidren as young as age 7), and I am going to address that torture first in this thread.
UK report finds IDF tortures Palestinian children
Published: 28 June, 2012
UK report finds IDF tortures Palestinian children — RT
"British lawyers have lodged a complaint at the UN against Israel for allegedly torturing Palestinian children. Their report showed youngsters held in solitary confinement and shackled while in the custody of the Israeli military.
*This is considered torture and in breach of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. A report funded by the UK Foreign Office claims Palestinian youths are routinely abused by Israeli authorities. A delegation of nine British lawyers revealed how Palestinians as young as 12 are treated when arrested and in Israeli custody. They spoke to UN agencies, former Israeli soldiers, Palestinian and Israeli NGOs and Palestinian children.
The report Children in Military Custody found that children are arrested by a number of soldiers normally in a night raid on their homes; they are then blindfolded with their wrists bound and transported to an interrogation centre face down on the floor of military vehicles
The majority are verbally and physically abused, without being informed of their right to see a lawyer or of their right to silence. They are sometimes held in solitary confinement and made to sign statements they cant read because they are written in Hebrew, the report says.
If Children are held for long periods in solitary confinement it is regarded as torture by the UN and is in breach of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Greg Davies, a childrens rights barrister, who compiled and wrote the report told RT, the weight of evidence in favour of these allegations is considerable and complaints have been lodged at the UN.
Once in custody children have limited access to education and extremely restricted access to their family. Every year Palestinian children are traumatised, sometimes irreversibly the report states"
Sherri
One type of torture is especially troubling, and that is when it is the children who are targeted and tortured (chidren as young as age 7), and I am going to address that torture first in this thread.
UK report finds IDF tortures Palestinian children
Published: 28 June, 2012
UK report finds IDF tortures Palestinian children — RT
"British lawyers have lodged a complaint at the UN against Israel for allegedly torturing Palestinian children. Their report showed youngsters held in solitary confinement and shackled while in the custody of the Israeli military.
*This is considered torture and in breach of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. A report funded by the UK Foreign Office claims Palestinian youths are routinely abused by Israeli authorities. A delegation of nine British lawyers revealed how Palestinians as young as 12 are treated when arrested and in Israeli custody. They spoke to UN agencies, former Israeli soldiers, Palestinian and Israeli NGOs and Palestinian children.
The report Children in Military Custody found that children are arrested by a number of soldiers normally in a night raid on their homes; they are then blindfolded with their wrists bound and transported to an interrogation centre face down on the floor of military vehicles
The majority are verbally and physically abused, without being informed of their right to see a lawyer or of their right to silence. They are sometimes held in solitary confinement and made to sign statements they cant read because they are written in Hebrew, the report says.
If Children are held for long periods in solitary confinement it is regarded as torture by the UN and is in breach of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Greg Davies, a childrens rights barrister, who compiled and wrote the report told RT, the weight of evidence in favour of these allegations is considerable and complaints have been lodged at the UN.
Once in custody children have limited access to education and extremely restricted access to their family. Every year Palestinian children are traumatised, sometimes irreversibly the report states"
Sherri