Palestine: Israeli Police Abusing Detained Children
With Arrests Spiking, Growing Concern
children detained in the West Bank. The number of Palestinian children
arrested by Israeli forces has more than doubled since October 2015.
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.
© Majd Gaith
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.
“Palestinian children are treated in ways that would terrify and
traumatize an adult,” said Sari Bashi, Israel and Palestine country
director. “Screams, threats, and beatings are no way for the police to
treat a child or to get accurate information from them.”
