Palestinian Political Child Prisoners in Israeli Prisons

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• 310 children are still in jail including 11 girls

• 4% of children without charges (administrative detention)

• 2% of child prisoners are girls

• 56% of child prisoners pending trial

• 65% of the children are held within Israeli proper

• 25% of child prisoners are sick

Since the outbreak of Aqsa Intifada in September 2000, about 3,000 Palestinian children have been arrested. During 2004, the Israeli forces arrested 451 Palestinian children. Up to now, there are 321 Palestinian children in Israeli prisons and detention facilities. 65% of them are held within the Israeli proper far from their place of residency.