99 Palestinian children held in Ofer jail
by FalastinNews Staff
Approximately
99 Palestinian children are currently held in Ofer prison, a quarter of
whom were nabbed during March, the representative for Palestinian
detained minors Abdel Fattah Dawla said.
33
Palestinian minors are convicted and sentenced to different periods of
time, while 20 others suffer from difficult health problems including
the 14-year-old Khaled Sheikh who is still held in Israeli jails
although he suffers from anemia, Dawla pointed out.
In
the same context, the Palestinian Prisoners Society has early released a
statement reading that most of the detained children were arrested
during night raids of their parents' homes, to be then investigated
without the presence of their families or lawyers.
They
are treated as adults in total disregard of their young age in a
blatant violation of relevant children's rights and laws, the statement
said.
Ofer prison accommodates the highest number of Palestinian minor prisoners when compared to HaSharon and Megiddo jails.
Israeli
occupation forces arrest about 1,000 children every year in the West
Bank, often on charges of stone-throwing, while between 500 and 700
Palestinian children are tried before Israeli military courts, where
Israel allows the prosecution of children from as young as 12, which
UNICEF says is only practiced in Israel.
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