Israel/Palestine
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"ISRAEL'S practice of holding Palestinian children in solitary confinement and its use of physical violence and coerced confessions in interrogations is again in the spotlight following the release of a report from a group of eminent British lawyers.
They found ''undisputed'' evidence that Israel was violating international law in at least six areas - in particular denying children access to a lawyer, separating them from their parents, discriminatory treatment in the legal process and the use of shackles.
Operating on the belief that every Palestinian child is a ''potential terrorist'', Israel's military court system was forcing children into a ''spiral of injustice'', the report, Children in Military Custody, said.
Its findings echo those of the human rights group Defence of Children International (DCI), which has documented hundreds of cases of children held in Israeli detention without being informed of their rights, many in solitary confinement."
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/world/israel-sees-palestinian-children-as-potential-terrorists-panel-finds-20120627-2136g.html#ixzz1z2DbJyk3
Israel 'breaching UN convention on children's rights'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18608900
A UK government-backed report has accused Israel's security forces of regularly breaching the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC).