[Ppnews] Palestine - Urgent Appeal for Children in Solitary Confinement

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    DCI: Urgent Appeal for Children in Solitary Confinement
    <http://samidoun.ca/2012/07/dci-urgent-appeal-for-children-in-solitary-confinement/>

by samidoun <http://samidoun.ca/?author=1>

http://samidoun.ca/2012/07/dci-urgent-appeal-for-children-in-solitary-confinement/

The following urgent appeal comes from Defence for Children 
International - Palestine <http://www.dci-palestine.org>:

Today, DCI re-released an Urgent Appeal 
<http://www.dci-palestine.org/sites/default/files/ua_1_12_solitary_confinement_july_12_0.pdf> calling 
for an end to the practice of placing Palestinian children in solitary 
confinement. DCI first issued the appeal in January after documenting 50 
cases of children who reported being held in isolation in Israeli 
detention facilities since 2008. In June, DCI documented 3 new cases of 
children who report being held in isolation for between 5 and 12 days. 
The practice of holding children in solitary confinement has been 
widely criticised and according to both the UN 
<http://www.dci-palestine.org/sites/default/files/sr_report_aug_2011_solitary_confinement.pdf> and 
leading UK lawyers 
<http://www.childreninmilitarycustody.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Children_in_Military_Custody_Full_Report.pdf>, 
may amount to torture.

In the most recent cases, one boy reports being held in solitary 
confinement for 5 days as punishment for going on hunger strike, whilst 
another boy was placed in isolation for 7 days for hanging a Palestinian 
flag in his cell. In the third case, a boy describes being held for 12 
days in a windowless cell in "Cell No 36 
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jan/22/palestinian-children-detained-jail-israel>", 
at the Al Jalame interrogation centre near Haifa.

Recommended action
Please send Urgent Appeals recommending the following:
1. The practice of using solitary confinement on children in Israeli 
detention facilities must be stopped
immediately;
2. That all relevant Israeli civilian and military laws and regulations 
be amended to ensure there is a
legally binding and enforceable prohibition on the use of solitary 
confinement on children held in
Israeli custody; and
3. Every detention facility, including Al Jalame and Petah Tikva, must 
be opened up to unbiased external
inspection, and inspectors must be given free access to any part of the 
facility at anytime.

Appeals to:

    * your elected representatives; and
    * The Israeli embassy in your country [list of Israeli diplomatic
      missions worldwide
      <http://www.worldembassyinformation.com/israel-embassy/index.html>].

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