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Thursday, September 24, 2009

Goldstone Report expresses alarm at the detention of hundreds of young children

DCI
...the [UN Fact Finding Commission] not only deals with the direct impact of the war but also considers the broader effects, including the effect on Palestinian children from the West Bank...

Based on evidence from numerous sources, the Report expressed a number of key concerns regarding the treatment of Palestinians, including children, held in Israeli detention:

  • Concern about the detention of children and adults on political grounds, in poor conditions...

  • Concern by reports of coercion and torture during interrogations...

  • Particular alarm at the arrest and detention of hundreds of young children... ill-treatment described to the Mission received by children and adults is disturbing in its seemingly deliberate cruelty... Full story
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