Sunday, April 24, 2011

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THE "ONLY" DEMOCRACY IN THE MIDDLE EAST ... SERIOUSLY!

PROCESSING UNDER 14 YEARS AND CHAINED

Israel uses two yardsticks Palestinian youths are tried as adults Hebrews through military tribunals, which consider the older 16. The UN has denounced abuses in prisons
Un menor palestino con las piernas encadenadas

ANA 24/04/2011 CARBAJO

opens the door for a prefabricated room the courtyard of the Israeli Ofer military prison and enter Islam Dar Ayoub, a Palestinian boy of 14 years. Comes tied and makes noise when you drag chains bearing ankles. Wears the brown uniform of the prison and looks around searching for her father, who only has a chance to see during the hearings, by far. The father still has not arrived, apparently, have stopped at a checkpoint near the prison .
If a Palestinian boy and an Israeli settler was throwing stones, roads continue to be stopped completely different
The trial begins and continues for most of the day. The Dar Ayoub is a special case. Not because he is young. Each year, 700 children as he paraded through the military courts. Nor is it remarkable that the crime charged: "Throwing stones and disturbing the peace." Like him, 62.5% of Palestinian children imprisoned in Israeli military are accused of the same. His arrest also is almost based on that of the West Bank hundreds of kids that end up in jail. On the night of January 23, dozens of Israeli soldiers came to her home at one thirty in the morning. Seven of them with assault rifles, M-16, came to fetch him. That night they took the teenager with shouts and blows all the relatives who tried to prevent the arrest. His parents did not tell them where the child wore or what he was accused.
But this case it is special: Ayoub Dar's interrogation was videotaped, something that human rights organizations and UN calls and rarely happens. On the tape you can see that the defendant was questioned three men in a very small room, which had no right to advise any lawyer and that the military authorities did not allow access to any of his family. In the end, the boy confessed and incriminated other residents of his village.
"The arrest is very traumatic for them and predisposes them to confess so out of there," said Gaby Lasky, Ayoub Dar's lawyer, who is eight years defending minors in military courts. For Lasky, and to associations of child rights and international observers, beyond the numerous cases of abuse are reported each year, the problem is the asymmetrical application of justice. "In Israel there is a very good juvenile law. The problem is that it does not apply in the occupied Palestinian territories. After much fighting, we managed to get the military to commit to at least apply the spirit of the law of the child, but , as seen in the case of Dar Ayoub, does not happen. " He added that Israeli lawyer: "When a Palestinian boy and an Israeli settler was throwing stones, once arrested, they will follow quite different paths: the settler release him immediately, the Palestinians, no."

That applies civil or military law make a huge difference starting. The Israelis are implementing the ordinary courts, to the Palestinians, the military. While the Israelis are under to 18 years, Palestinian military courts are considered adults over 16. "We are extremely concerned about the difference of law applicable to Israeli and Palestinian children. The rights of children should not be affected by differences of nationality or residence," said a Western diplomat in Jerusalem.
A Palestinian children are also considered security detainees, meaning among other things that can not make phone calls or visits if parents do not receive special permission to leave West Bank. The detention in prisons outside the Palestinian territory is one of the complaints from organizations such as Defence for Children International (DCI). Viola, say, Article 76 of the Fourth Geneva Convention, which stipulates that those convicted, minors or not, must be imprisoned within the limits of the occupied territories.
DCI has over a decade documenting the abuses of children in military prisons. The same abuses have been denounced by the UN
repeatedly. DCI data of the second half of 2010 indicate, for example, that 70% of juvenile prisoners were beaten during arrest and / or interrogation, 55% were threatened and 60% were forced to put in stress positions. 7.5% was given electric shocks. The organization calls for bringing out an independent investigation into the treatment of children in the military justice system. This newspaper has tried for several days to obtain official data from the treatment given to juveniles in prison and compare the version of the defense in the case Dar Ayoub. Retrieved repeatedly, the Army has refused to provide any information and is excused on grounds of "bureaucratic problems."
A couple of weeks the trial in the Ofer prison, Ayoub Dar Islam is now at home in Nabi Saleh, a Palestinian village where its inhabitants are manifested every Friday against the occupation. Has spent two and a half months locked up. He is happy to be out of jail, but now must remain under house arrest pending resolution of its proceedings, which can take months, according to lawyers. Meanwhile, the boy can not leave the house even to go to school. His mother, Lulu, is very concerned because he says that since his release from prison his son, who usually gets very good grades, is as absent and has trouble concentrating. " "Pretend that nothing happened, everything is fine. But I do know him I'm his mother. "
Asked the guy how it is and what he has learned over the months of confinement, only meet three words." To be patient. "
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