Israeli Central Court in occupied Jerusalem sentenced Thursday four Jerusalemites including three minors to prison.
Head of the Jerusalem Committee for Families of Prisoners Amjad Abu Assab affirmed that the young man Yasser Basti 21 was sentenced to three years imprisonment for stone-throwing charges.
Basti was detained on Oct. 12 2015 and currently held in Ohalei Kedar Detention Center south of Israel he added.
Meanwhile the 17-year-old boy Youssef Abu Shukheidim was sentenced to nine months plus a fine of 800 $US.
The two children Mohamed Khatib 15 and Ahmed Fawaqa 14 were also sentenced to ten months in prison after being convicted of throwing stones at Israeli soldiers.
Both boys were detained on Dec. 13 2016 and currently held in Megiddo prison.
In Nov. 2015 Israel passed a law establishing a maximum prison sentence of three years for Palestinians who are allegedly involved in stone-throwing attacks.
Defense for Children International (DCI) – Palestine said the legislation will have “an even more harmful effect” on Palestinian children who are often “detained arbitrarily” or arrested without reliable evidence of accusations.
According to DCI-Palestine’s statistics at least 53 percent of Palestinian children in occupied Jerusalem arrested by Israeli forces are subjected to violence while 86 percent are coerced into signing confessions in Hebrew a language they do not know.
