Defence for Children International-Palestine Section

Gates Foundation invests in occupation profiteer G4S, just as Dutch charity cuts ties

Submitted by Adri Nieuwhof on Fri, 06/14/2013 - 20:43
Gates Foundation should follow example of Dutch charities who refuse to play a role in G4S’s attempts to whitewash its image.

Israel bars children over eight from visiting fathers in prison

Joe Catron
Gaza City
10 June 2013

After his eighth birthday next month, Obeida Shamali will be banned from seeing his dad.

Children beaten and blindfolded by Israeli troops

Submitted by Adri Nieuwhof on Wed, 04/03/2013 - 08:58
More evidence has emerged to show that Israel is abusing Palestinian boys, as young as nine.

Israeli soldiers force nine-year-old to act as human shield

Submitted by Adri Nieuwhof on Fri, 03/29/2013 - 15:25
Some 236 Palestinian children were held in Israeli detention during February — a considerable increase from previous months.

Half Israel's Palestinian child prisoners are held illegally outside West Bank in G4S-equipped prisons

Submitted by Adri Nieuwhof on Tue, 02/12/2013 - 15:34
Defence for Children - Palestine Section reports that half of Palestinian child detainees are unlawfully held in prisons inside Israel.

Graphic details: how Visualizing Palestine designed a fight for justice

Asa Winstanley
London
24 January 2013

A hunger strike infographic kicked off this novel project.

Israeli prisons equipped by notorious security firm G4S hold Palestinian teens in solitary confinement

Submitted by Adri Nieuwhof on Tue, 12/11/2012 - 15:29
Since July 2012, Israel has held six Palestinian boys in solitary confinement in G4S equipped Al Jalame prison, reports Defence for Children-Palestine.

Twelve-year-old arrested 10 times by Israel in three years

Jillian Kestler-D'Amours
Jerusalem
19 October 2012
Muslim Odeh has constant nightmares after the child’s experiences in Israeli jails.

BDS key to a "just peace," says Palestinian Christian boycott activist

Joe Catron
Gaza Strip
3 October 2012

While much work is still to be done, the coordinator of the project that produced the landmark Kairos Palestine document reflects on its successes.

London Olympics security firm G4S helps Israel abuse Palestinian children in solitary confinement

Submitted by Adri Nieuwhof on Sun, 07/22/2012 - 16:32
G4S, the firm at the center of the debacle over security for the London 2012 Olympics, helps Israel secure facilities where Palestinian children are imprisoned and severely abused.

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