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Tuesday 21 Jul 2015 - 15:25 Makkah mean time-5-10-1436
Israeli soldiers abuse Palestine chilren (Google image)
Jerusalem (IINA) – Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday accused Israel of "abusive arrests" of Palestinian children as young as 11, and of using threats to force them to sign confessions, AFP reported.
Israeli authorities failed to inform parents of their children's arrest or whereabouts, the watchdog added, drawing on accounts of several children detained during intense unrest in East Jerusalem and the West Bank late last year.
HRW's Middle East director Sarah Leah Whitson urged the United States to pressure its Israeli ally to end what it said were long-standing "abusive practices".
"Israeli security forces have used unnecessary force to arrest or detain Palestinian children, HRW said in a report giving details of the "abusive arrests" of six Palestinian children.
"Forces have choked children, thrown stun grenades at them, beaten them in custody, threatened and interrogated them without the presence of parents or lawyers, and failed to let their parents know their whereabouts,” the report added.
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