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Arbitrary sentences issued against Palestinian children in Israel jail

Thursday 7-February-2019

Israeli occupation courts in November sentenced dozens of of Palestinian minors to arbitrary prison-terms.

According to the Commission of Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners several Palestinian minors held in the Ofer lock up received prison sentences and steep fines.

The commission said that in January Israeli occupation forces arrested 57 children and transferred them to Ofer jail. The list includes 39 children who were kidnapped from their homes. One child was shot by Israeli bullet fire before he was arrested. 17 minors were subjected to heavy beating and torture.

Several children were sentenced for prison terms of up to two years.

17-year-old Leyth Abu Khurma received an administrative sentence issued with neither charge nor trial.

Some 123 Palestinian children are held in the Israeli Ofer prison where they have been enduring abject conditions of captivity and subjected to psycho-physical torture around the clock.

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