Detention Bulletin April 2014 At the end of April, a total of 196 Palestinian children were imprisoned and prosecuted in the Israeli military court system, a decrease of 3 percent from March.



The number of young children detained between the ages of 14 and 15 was 27 , an increase of 13 percent from March. There were no children detained in the Israeli military court system under 14 years old.



A group of Dutch experts released a report in April finding that the treatment of Palestinian children by Israeli authorities represents "serious, systemic and systematic violation and disregard of the rights of these children."







Over 1000 members of the UK-based National Teachers Union (NUT) met for their An April article in Middle East Eye discusses the difficulty in obtaining accurate information from the Israel Prison Service on the total number of Palestinian children arrested and detained by Israeli forces in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.Over 1000 members of the UK-based National Teachers Union (NUT) met for their annual conference in April where the treatment of Palestinian children in the Israeli military detention system was prominently featured. April 2014 Detention Data Each year approximately 500-700 Palestinian children, some as young as 12 years, are detained and prosecuted in the Israeli military court system.

The most common charge is for throwing stones. Currently, 100 Palestinian child prisoners are detained inside Israel in violation of Article 76 of the Fourth Geneva Convention.



Below is the latest data from the Israeli Prison Service (IPS) on the number of Palestinian children in Israeli military detention at the end of each month. Total number of Palestinian children in Israeli detention at end of each month

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Aver. 2009 389 423 420 391 346 355 342 339 326 325 306 305 355 2010 318 343 342 335 305 291 284 286 269 256 228 213 289 2011 222 221 226 220 211 209 202 180 164 150 161 135 192 2012 170 187 206 220 234 221 211 195 189 164 178 195 198 2013 223 236 238 238 223 193 195 179 179 159 173 154 199 2014 183 230 202 196 203 Note: These figures are not cumulative Number of 12-15 year old Palestinians in Israeli detention at end of each month

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Aver. 2009 50 54 53 47 39 47 42 39 40 44 41 42 44 2010 44 41 39 32 25 23 18 20 32 34 32 30 31 2011 34 45 45 37 38 38 40 34 35 30 33 19 36 2012 26 24 31 33 39 35 34 30 28 21 21 23 29 2013 31 39 39 44 48 41 35 30 27 15 16 14 32 2014 20 36 24 27 27 Note: These figures are not cumulative News Alerts After 25 days in solitary, prison concedes to teen's hunger strike Ramallah, April 16, 2014â€”A Palestinian teen prisoner put in solitary confinement after going on hunger strike has won his fight to be transferred to another prison. Read more . For more DCI-Palestine news alerts, features and commentary click here.