Israeli soldiers detain Palestinian child (AFP file image)
Ramallah (IINA) – The Palestinian Prisoners Club (PPC) announced Monday that more than 400 Palestinian children and minors are being held in Israeli custody, BERNAMA reported citing Xinhua news agency.
These children in Israeli custody are between 12 and 17 years old, including 16 girls, the youngest of them is Dima Al-Wawi, 12, from the southern West Bank city of Hebron, the PPC said in an emailed press statement.
Some of those children are serving a sentence and some are in custody on remand, while others are under administrative detention. They are divided in two main Israeli prisons in Ofer and Megiddo.
The Club said that since October there has been a significant rise in children arrests due to the new Israeli "discriminatory" laws and draft bills, calling on relevant international organizations, UNICEF in particular, to exert more efforts to protect Palestinian children.
According to specialized rights group Addameer Organization, over 8,000 Palestinian children have been detained by Israel since 2000.
The organization said the most common charge leveled against children is throwing stones, which is punishable under Israeli law by imprisonment up to 20 years, and they do not get proper procedures, such as the presence of an attorney or a family member during interrogation.
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