Detention

On 1 July 2012, a 14-year-old boy from the town of Beit Ummar, near Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, is detained by Israeli soldiers while selling peaches on the side of the...
A 14-year-old boy from the town of Beit Ummar, in the occupied West Bank, is arrested by Israeli soldiers at 4:30 am.
In spite of the expressions of concern at the transfer of children to prisons inside Israel and the acknowledgement of its illegality, the UK and other European Union Member...
Australia has formally raised concerns with Israel about the detention of Palestinian children in Israeli prisons. This follows an article in The Weekend Australian Magazine last...
According to professor Falk, “this pattern of abuse by Israel is grave. […] It is inhumane, cruel, degrading, and unlawful, and, most worryingly, it is likely to adversely...
A United Nations independent human rights expert has condemned Israel’s use of solitary confinement against Palestinian children, and urged the Israeli Government to treat such...
In June, the UN Committee Against Torture released a list of issues it would like the Government of Israel to address during its next review of Israel’s compliance with the...
[17 July 2012] – In a letter dated 29 June 2012, the UK Foreign Office responded to concerns raised by a group of UK lawyers about the forcible transfer of Palestinian children...
On 11 July 2012, a 15-year-old boy from the village of Azzun, in the occupied West Bank, is arrested by Israeli soldiers at 2:30 a.m. and accused of throwing stones and Molotov...
[16 July 2012] – Today, the Palestinian Human Rights Organisations Council submitted a report to the Human Rights Council for its upcoming Universal Periodic Review of Israel.