Rabu, 07 Mei 2014

Israeli abuse of child prisoners


"The first image refers to pedophilia in the Vatican. Second child sexual abuse in tourism in Thailand, and the third refers to the war in Syria. The fourth image refers to the trafficking of organs on the black market, where most of the victims are children from poor countries; fifth refers to weapons free in the U.S.. And finally, the sixth image refers to obesity, blaming the big fast food companies.

The new series produced by Cuban artist Erik Ravelo was titled as "The untouchables", are photographs of children crucified for his supposed oppressors, each for a different reason and a clear message, seeks to reaffirm the right of children to be protected and report abuse suffered by them especially in countries such as Brazil, Syria, Thailand, United States and Japan"
Since it was founded in 1948, the Israeli state has neglected the rights of Palestinian children, who have been deliberately ill-treated. Many Palestinian children have been killed, injured, jailed, tortured or used as human shields by Israel.

In attacks on Palestinian territory, Israeli forces have intentionally targeted playgrounds, schools and other areas frequented by children. Between September 2000 and April this year, the Israeli occupation forces killed 1518 Palestinian children. This is equivalent to one Palestinian child killed by the Israel army every three days for almost 13 years.

The number of Palestinian children injured by the Israeli military since September 2000 has reached 6000 — or four children injured every three days.

More than 9000 Palestinian children have been arrested, detained or jailed since September 2000. That’s six children jailed every three days.

These children have often been detained without charge and subject to abuse and mistreatment, including torture, by the Israeli army and prison officials.

Palestinian prisoner support group Addameer says most of these children report being subjected to ill-treatment and having confessions extracted from them during interrogations. Forms of ill-treatment used by Israeli soldiers include slapping, beating, kicking, violent pushing, threats and even sexual assault.

There are now 238 Palestinian children under the age of 18 being held in Israeli prisons. And 47 of these are under 16. 


The reports came in throughout the year, all pointing to a singular problem in Israel: Palestinian children in military custody were routinely mistreated, traumatized and denied their rights.

In March UNICEF released “Children in Israeli Military Detention,” a 22-page document declaring that abuse was “widespread, systematic and institutionalized.” The situation was also unique.  “In no other country,” it said, “are children systematically tried by juvenile military courts that, by definition, fall short of providing the necessary guarantees.”

childdetentionThe report cited terrifying nighttime arrests; physical and verbal abuse; painful restraints; denial of access to food, water and toilet facilities; solitary confinement; coerced confessions; lack of access to lawyers and family members; shackling during court appearances; and transfer to prisons outside Palestine. It noted that these practices violate international law

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