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Report: Three minors exposed to assaults by soldiers during detention

Sunday 9-December-2018

A Palestinian report said that three Palestinian teenagers from Occupied Jerusalem all aged 16 were exposed to physical assaults recently by Israeli soldiers and officers during their detention and interrogation.

According to the report which was released by the Palestinian Commission of Detainees’ and Ex-Detainees’ Affairs 16-year-old Ahmed Abu Sneineh was tortured by Israeli interrogators at al-Maskubiya detention center before transferring him to Megiddo prison.

During his interrogation the child Abu Sneineh was tied to a chair and brutalized by Israeli officers who also embarked on severely beating him after pushing him to the ground to force him to make certain confessions.

Abu Sneineh remained for 22 days at al-Maskubiya center during which he underwent six violent interrogation sessions.

Another child called Nabil Sadr was also brutally beaten without any justification as he was being transferred to al-Ramla prison by Nahshon soldiers.

The report affirmed that he and other two prisoners were savagely beaten and kicked by soldiers while their hands and legs were tied which caused them to suffer bruises and injuries all over their bodies. Sadr is currently in Megiddo jail.

16-year-old Mohamed Abido was also exposed to beating maltreatment and intimidation during long hours of interrogation by officers in al-Maskubiya center.

Abido was detained in al-Maskubiya center for 30 days before transferring him to Megiddo jail.

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