Common complaints and areas of concern between 2012 and 2015
West Bank
Type of ill-treatment
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15
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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
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