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C O N T E N T S
Detention Bulletin
May 2012
This month saw a
6 percent increase
inthe number of children prosecuted inthe Israeli military courts andimprisoned. This is the fifth consecutivemonth in which a rise in the number ofchildren in detention has beenrecorded. There has been a
73 percentincrease
in the number of children heldin military detention since December 2011. This month also saw an
18percent increase
in the number ofyoung children (12-15 years) beingdetained.On 15 May 2012, the issue of Palestinianchildren as young as 12 years beingprosecuted in Israeli military courts wasagain raised in the UK parliament. In
May 2012
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Overview
her speech to parliament,Dame Joan
Ruddock added her voice to callsrecommending that no child should beinterrogated in the absence of a parentand all interrogations must be audio-visually recorded.On 24 May, DCI issued anUrgentAppeal to stop the forcible transfer ofPalestinian children to prisons insideIsrael in violation of the Fourth GenevaConvention. In April,
52 percent
of childdetainees were transferred in violationof the Convention. The proportion ofPalestinian adult detainees beingtransferred in violation of theConvention during the same month was
85 percent
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DETENTION FIGURES234
children detained (
6%)
39
aged 12-15 (
18%)
0
children in Admin. Detention
0
girls in detention
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
- Human
rights‟
report (2011).
- Palestinianchild detention raised again.
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Labour Palestine group comes ofage.
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EU: Israel‟s policies
in the West Bank endanger two-state solution.
- Stop theforcible transfer of children toprisons in Israel in violation ofthe Geneva Convention.
Bound,Blindfolded and Convicted:Children held in militarydetention
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DCI-Palestine
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Detention Bulletin, Issue 29
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May 2012
Number of Palestinian children in Israeli detention: Jan 2008
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May 2012
0100200300400500Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec20082009201020112012
Mark RegevSpokesman for the Israeli Prime Minister,Benyamin Netanyahu,The Guardian, 22 January 2012
Each year approximately 500 - 700 Palestinian children, some as young as 12years, are detained and prosecuted in the Israeli military court system.The most common charge is for throwing stones. The overwhelming majority ofthese children are detained inside Israel in contravention of Article 76 of theFourth Geneva Convention.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Aver.2009
389 423 420 391 346 355 342 339 326 325 306 305
355
2010
318 343 342 335 305 291 284 286 269 256 228 213
289
2011
222 221 226 220 211 209 202 180 164 150 161 135
192
2012
170 187 206 220 234 - - - - - - -
203
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Aver.2009
50 54 53 47 39 47 42 39 40 44 41 42
44
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
2012
26 24 31 33 39 - - - - - - -
31
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Aver.2009
5 7 6 6 6 5 4 3 3 0 0 0
3.8
2010
0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
0.3
2011
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
0.2
2012
0 0 0 0 0 - - - - - - -
0
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Aver.2009
5 6 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0
1.8
2010
0 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1
1.6
2011
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
0.2
2012
0 0 0 0 0 - - - - - - -
012-15 year olds
In May there was an
increase
in thenumber of young children (12-15years) being prosecuted in Israelimilitary courts and receivingcustodial sentences in prisons insideIsrael. As at the end of May, therewere 39 young children indetention, an increase of sixchildren (18%) from the previousmonth.
Total number of Palestinian children in Israeli detention at the end of each monthsince Jan 2009
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Total
According to the latest figurescompiled by DCI-Palestine fromsources including the Israeli PrisonService (IPS) and Israeli armytemporary detention facilities,there were 234 Palestinian children(12-17 years) in Israeli detention atthe end of May 2012. Thisrepresents an
increase
of 14children (6%) from the previousmonth.
May 2012IN FIGURES
Number of young (12-15) Palestinians in Israeli detention at the end of eachmonth since Januar 2009
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Note: These figures are not cumulative
Girls in detention
There are currently no Palestiniangirls being held in Israeli detentionfacilities.
Administrative detention
There are currently no Palestinianchildren being held without chargeor trial in Israeli administrativedetention.
Number of Palestinian girls in Israeli detention at the end of each month sinceJanuary 2009
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Note: These figures are not cumulative
Number of Palestinian children held in Israeli administrative detention at the endof each month since January 2009
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Note: These figures are not cumulative
Urgent Appeals
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Forcible transfer
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Solitary confinement
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Children of BeitUmmar
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Children of Azzun
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Settler violence
Voices from the Occupation
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Forcible transfer
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13-year-old shepherd
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17-year-old from Azzun
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East Jerusalem
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East Jerusalem
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East Jerusalem
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East Jerusalem
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East Jerusalem
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East Jerusalem
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Human shield
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Solitary confinement
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16-year-old Beit Ummar
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17-year-old from Haris
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15-year-old from Azzun
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16-year-old Beit Ummar
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Solitary confinement
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East Jerusalem
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Solitary confinement
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Solitary confinement
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13-year-old from Azzun
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15-year-old from Azzun
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16-year-old from Azzun
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Use of dogs
Accountability
Voices from the Occupation
Name:
„Ala H.
Date of arrest:
10 May 2012
Age:
15
Location:
Balata village, Nablus
Accusation:
Throwing stones
On 10 May 2012, a 15-year-old boy from Balata village, in the occupied WestBank, is arrested by Israeli soldiers and accused of throwing stones.
At around 10:00 am, on 10 May,
„Ala and two of his
friends decided to visit a friend in the neighbouringvillage of Beit Furik. On the way the boys came
across an adult deer with three young ones. “I threwa stone at them and they ran off,” recalls „Ala. “We
kept going and passed by a road leading to asettlement. We were walking near the road whensuddenly four military jeeps stopped near by andmany soldiers got out and started beating us for no
reason. They knocked me down and kept kicking me,” says „Ala. “They did the
same to my friends. While I was still on the ground they tied my hands behind
my back with a single plastic tie and blindfolded me.”
„Ala was then picked up and placed on the metal floor of a military jeep for transfer. “The jeep started traveling and they kept bea
ting me without
stopping,” says „Ala. “The plastic tie was very tight and so painful I beggedthem to loosen it up several times, but they refused and told me to „shut up‟.”About an hour later the jeep arrived at a settlement which „Ala believes was
Itama
r. “They pulled me out and forced me to sit on the ground. We had to siton rocks, dry grass and thorns for about one hour,” says „Ala. After about an
hour, the boys were taken inside and given a brief medical check.Following the medical check, the boys were placed in a truck and transferred
to Ari‟el settlement for interrogation. When it was „Ala‟s turn to be interrogated,
he was taken into a room and his hands were untied and the blindfold was
removed, but his feet were shackled. „Ala was interrogated f
or about an hour but was not given the opportunity to consult with a lawyer first. He was alsointerrogated without either of his parents being present, a right Israeli children
are generally entitled to. The interrogator accused „Ala of throwing stones at
Israeli settler cars, which he denied.After their interrogation, the boys were taken back to Itamar settlement.
“When we arrived
, I asked them to let me use the bathroom, but they
refused,” recalls „Ala. They were made to sit on the ground again. “Whil
e I wassitting there, a soldier wearing combat boots kicked me so hard in my back
that it still hurts. He also slapped me several times.” Sometime later the boys
were taken to a room until 4:00 am, without being given any food or allowedto use the bathroom. At around 4:00 am the boys were transferred to Megiddoprison, inside Israel, in violation of the
.All three boyswere released from detention on 20 May 2012, as a prosecution witness failedto turn up and give evidence in the military court.
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