Common complaints and areas of concern between 2012 and 2015 West Bank Type of ill-treatment 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Total affidavits collected Hand ties No lawyer/family present during interrogation Not properly informed of rights Blindfolds Not informed of reason for arrest Physical violence Verbal abuse, humiliation and intimidation Strip searched Denial of adequate food and water Threats or coercion Denial of access to toilet Night arrest Position abuse Transfer on vehicle floor Shown or signed documents in Hebrew Solitary confinement for more than two days Detained with adults Attempted recruitment Threat of sexual assault Electric shock Number of cases Percentage 429 419 416 361 379 378 324 306 299 311 194 235 179 119 197 144 66 24 7 10 2 100% 97.7% 97.0% 84.1% 88.3% 88.1% 75.5% 71.3% 69.7% 72.5% 45.2% 54.8% 41.7% 27.7% 45.9% 33.6% 15.4% 5.6% 1.6% 2.3% 0.5% Addameer also reported that an unknown small percentage of children were sexually assaulted.248 Additionally, children were subjected to house arrest and the arrest of parents to put pressure on the child to confess.249 After being sentenced, 60 percent of children are transferred to prisons inside Israel, which violates the Fourth Geneva Convention.250 The result is that they are rarely able to see family members due to the difficulty Palestinians from the oPt face in obtaining a permit to Israel. Once in prison, female children are not given access to education and male children are given only 248 Addameer, Imprisonment of Children, February 2016. Available at: http://www.addameer.org/the_ prisoners/children 249 Ibid; Also to note that the use of house arrest and arrest of parents occurred within the West Bank based on BADIL testimony 250 DCI Palestine, Military Detention. Available at: http://www.dci-palestine.org/issues_military_ detention 68