15.08.2014 - 06:56 [ Reuters ]

Palestinian children tortured, used as shields by Israel: U.N.

(20. Juni 2013) „Palestinian children arrested by (Israeli) military and police are systematically subject to degrading treatment, and often to acts of torture, are interrogated in Hebrew, a language they did not understand, and sign confessions in Hebrew in order to be released,“ it said in a report.

The Israeli Foreign Ministry said it had responded to a report by the U.N. children‘s agency UNICEF in March on ill-treatment of Palestinian minors and questioned whether the U.N. committee‘s investigation covered new ground.