My lawyer managed to bring me permission from the prosecution to let me attend my last trial in the military court. He said that there was a possibility I would go home. My father and my aunt were there. The judge asked them if I had school to attend. The prosecutor said that I didn’t. My lawyer said that I needed to go back to school. The judge asked how much time I had to spend every day at school. My father said that I went to school at 7 am and arrived home from school at 2 pm. The judge released me conditionally: I would pay bail of 7500 shekels [around USD 2000] and every day after 2 pm I will be under home detention until 1 January 2017. Maybe I will get another trial… I am just waiting at home to see what will happen to me. Even if I sit by the door of my home after 2 pm, the prosecutor calls my father telling him to take me inside. Home detention has really affected me. Now I can’t go anywhere; I can’t sleep in our other home, I can’t visit my friends, I can’t visit my neighbors… I’m afraid to go anywhere. It even has affected my studies because I can’t always go to school. I’m very sick of my life right now because I can’t leave my home. It hurts to see the other people walking freely around the camp. [BADIL collected information regarding the types of ill-treatment suffered by the interviewee based on the areas of concern highlighted by DCI, shown in the table above.] 1. Were you handcuffed while taking you from one place to another (during your imprisonment period)? Yes. 2. Did you have a lawyer or family present during your interrogations? When I went to Ofer prison, a lawyer came to see me and told me he would be with me until my brother’s lawyer took over. He’s the one who told me to remain silent during the interrogations. But no, no one attended my interrogation sessions. 3. Did you know your rights back then? I told the interrogator I wouldn’t say anything before I talk to my family or before I get a lawyer. I knew my rights but I wasn’t informed by the Israeli army. 4. Did they blindfold you? Yes. The first three days I was blindfolded. I got dizzy all the time because I was walking using a walking stick [due to previous leg injury] with my eyes blindfolded. Sometimes, I had to hold the soldier’s hand to avoid falling down. I once accidentally touched the soldier’s M16 [rifle], so he pushed me away and I fainted. 70

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