Palestinian minors

Former soldiers in the Israel Defence Forces who served in the occupied Palestinian territories have revealed that the abuse of Palestinian children is a "routine exercise" which occurs even...

The Palestinian Authority's Minister for Prisoners' Affairs, Issa Qaraqe, has claimed that the Israelis arrest 700 Palestinian minors on an annual basis, including some as young as 12 and...

Six Palestinian minors have been handed prison sentences between five and twelve years by an Israeli military court in the West Bank. Hassan Shobeitaah, the Palestinian official responsible for...

Child detainees in Israeli jails have accused the prison authorities of implementing a "starvation policy" against them as the number of meals they receive daily has been reduced to...

An Israeli court has banished eight Palestinian minors from their home town of Beit A'mer, north of Hebron in the occupied West Bank). The eight are currently being detained...

A human rights group has denounced an Israeli judge's decision to hold as admissible a confession given to the police by a Palestinian minor even though it was obtained...

An Israeli court has issued severe sentences against eight Palestinian minors (aged less than 16 years old) who were arrested more than a year ago for throwing stones which...

An Israeli military court has given prison sentences to two Palestinian minors from the occupied West Bank after finding them guilty of "throwing stones" at Israeli soldiers. Waleed Shoqeer,...

In February, a European rights group held a special hearing on the issue of Palestinian minors imprisoned in Israeli jails. The session comes in the context of raising the...

The innocence of childhood is precious, to be cared for gently and nurtured, allowing the child, whose future we are building, to develop happily and safely in an atmosphere...

Israel imposes two parallel legal systems across the occupied West Bank. Illegal Jewish settlers who commit a crime face the mainstream Israeli courts, with in-built legal rights and safeguards....