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Military Court Watch

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Monitoring the treatment of Palestinian children in Israeli military detention

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Testimony No. 1133 - A 17 year old minor describes being held for 23 days in solitary confinement while being interrogated in violation of the UN Convention Against Torture - is.gd/FpKnkl

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Testimony No. 1,135 - A 17-year-old minor released from Israeli detention in an exchange deal describes how he and his family were beaten up by soldiers at a military checkpoint on their way home - is.gd/iaPy7Q

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US made and supplied GMC trucks are used to transfer Palestinian children from the occupied West Bank to interrogation facilities in Israel. These transfers are in violation of Geneva IV and the treatment is in violation of the Convention Against Torture - is.gd/OnSUvy

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12 years ago this week a delegation of lawyers, including a former UK Attorney General, issued a report on the treatment of Palestinian children held in Israeli military detention. Without accountability there has, not surprisingly, been no improvement - is.gd/tn6TrK

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According to the Israel Prison Service, 209 Palestinian children were held in military detention at the end of June, including 75 held without charge or trial in administrative detention - is.gd/5uXnir

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According to the Israel Prison Service, 50% of Palestinian children detained in its facilities at the end of June were unlawfully transferred from the occupied West Bank to prisons inside Israel in violation of Geneva IV - is.gd/5uXnir

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12 years ago UK lawyers, including a former Attorney General, found undisputed evidence that Israel's detention of Palestinian children breaches the Convention on the Rights of the Child and Geneva IV - there has been no accountability and no improvement - is.gd/5uXnir

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In 2011 the UN Secretary General reported that Palestinian child detainees are routinely transferred out of occupied territory by Israel's military authorities - in 2024 hundreds of children continue to be transferred without accountability - is.gd/5uXnir

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3,404 days - The time that has elapsed since the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has been in possession of undisputed evidence relating to the unlawful transfer of Palestinian children from occupied territory - is.gd/5uXnir

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Testimony no. 1138 - A boy from Bethlehem describes the night Israeli soldiers came to his home at 2:30 am and broke down the front door to his home. He is still in detention after spending 23 days in solitary confinement and is denied family visits - is.gd/5uXnir

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364 days - the time it took the ICC to issue arrest warrants for Russians unlawfully transferring Ukrainian children. 3,403 days - the length of time the ICC has been in possession of undisputed evidence of the transfer of Palestinian children without issuing arrest warrants.

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Testimony No. 1140 - "Israeli soldiers raided our home at around 3:00 a.m. They broke open our front door and walked in. They smashed up all the apartments in our building. Some soldiers came into my bedroom whilst I was still in bed and beat me." - is.gd/Bwwer3

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Testimony No. 1141 - "Prison conditions are bad. The cell is overcrowded; instead of six boys in a cell, we are now 10. Four of us sleep on the floor. They give us food not suitable even for animals." - is.gd/Y6Xfhe

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We, HRDs in Is-Pal, have lost a giant, Salwa Duaibis. Salwa dedicated herself to Palestinian liberation & defending children’s rights, co-founding Military Court Watch which plays a vital role in working towards these goals. Artwork credit olivier kugler

We, HRDs in Is-Pal, have lost a giant, Salwa Duaibis. Salwa dedicated herself to Palestinian liberation &amp; defending children’s rights, co-founding <a href="/MCourtWatch/">Military Court Watch</a> which plays a vital role in working towards these goals.

Artwork credit <a href="/olivierkugler/">olivier kugler</a>