Children in Chains Seminar

 


Children in Chains – Israel’s Twilight Zone

 

Seminar

In the West Bank the detention of Palestinian children and young people by the Israeli military occupation forces, their treatment in the military courts, all go largely unreported and unchallenged. From the minute the children are detained, blindfolded or hooded, the treatment by their gaolers and military justice system can only be described as abusive and inhumane with credible reports of exposure to ill-treatment and torture.

Detained in late night raids, torn away from their family with parents denied the right to accompany them, the children will be exposed to solitary confinement, the use of leg irons and shackles. Signed confessions in Hebrew, a language most do not understand, is not uncommon

 

Organised by Scottish Friends of Palestine in collaboration with the Educational Institute of Scotland

 

Saturday 10th November 2012,   1pm to 5pm

Hilton Edinburgh Grosvenor, Grosvenor Street, Edinburgh EH12 5EF 

 Speakers

Gerard Horton

International Advocacy Officer – lawyer, Defence for Children International, based in Ramallah

 

Aimee Shalan

Director of Advocacy and Communications, Medical Aid for Palestinians

Dr Michael Kearney

lecturer in Law, Sussex University   &  legal consultant for Palestinian rights body, al Haq

Chair: Tam Baillie

Scotland’s Commissioner for Children and Young People

 

This Seminar will explore the reality for Palestinian children under occupation, the obligations on the state of Israel, as an occupying power and member of the human race, towards these children. The Seminar will be of interest to everyone who believes that children should be treated as children.

 

Accommodation is limited. You are advised to pre-register to book your place at the Seminar. Entrance is free but donation appreciated.

 

Contact info@scottish-friends-of-palestine.org

 

Download the leaflet Children in Chains PROOF

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