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Israeli Police Are Abusing Detained Palestinian Children

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Israeli border police arresting Ahmad Abu Sbitan, 11, in front of his school in East Jerusalem. The police accused him of throwing a stone at them.
Photo © Majd Gaith

Jerusalem(ANN) – Israeli security forces are abusing Palestinian children detained in the West Bank. The number of Palestinian children arrested by Israeli forces has more than doubled since October 2015.

Interviews with children who have been detained, video footage, and reports from lawyers reveal that Israeli security forces are using unnecessary force in arresting and detaining children, in some cases beating them, and holding them in unsafe and abusive conditions.

Since October 2015, protests in the West Bank and Gaza have escalated, as has the use of live fire against demonstrators by Israeli forces. The number of Palestinian children arrested by Israeli forces has more than doubled since then.

The failure to abide by international norms and protections under Israeli law concerning child detainees is particularly worrying given the spike in the number of children arrested during the recent violence.
Read more https://www.hrw.org/news/2016/04/11/palestine-israeli-police-abusing-detained-children

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