A/HRC/28/78 reportedly unspecified “security” reasons. Palestinian children are reportedly not allowed to use a telephone while in detention. 60. A representative of a non-governmental organization described the approach taken by Israel to the issue as having “moved on from its position of denial of the problem to dealing with it as a press relations issue”. Evidence suggests that Israel has not taken sufficient remedial action to make a real difference on the ground to improve the situation of Palestinian children in detention. Many children come out of Israeli detention suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder or other illnesses associated with experiencing deeply traumatic events. 61. According to one testimony received from a Palestinian non-governmental organization by the Special Rapporteur, on 6 January 2014, a 13-year-old Palestinian boy from the village of Hizma in the Jerusalem Governorate was playing football with friends in a field when clashes reportedly erupted between stone-throwing youths and Israeli soldiers stationed in a hilly area opposite the playing field. As he and his friends attempted to run away, they were reportedly stopped, beaten severely and subjected to an electric stun gun by plain-clothed Israeli police officers before being taken away in a police vehicle to Ofer prison near Ramallah. For one week, the boy was subjected to daily interrogation sessions, which allegedly included further beatings, verbal abuse and the denial of the use of the bathroom. He was issued with a two-year suspended sentence and a fine of 7,500 shekels. Since his arrest, his academic performance has deteriorated, and he no longer leaves the house alone. 62. In another account received from a Palestinian non-governmental organization, a 14 year-old Palestinian youth was arrested on 11 March 2014 for the fourth time in two years when clashes erupted between Palestinian youths and Israeli settlers. The youth was transported to Maskoubieh detention facility, where he was repeatedly beaten and subjected to verbal abuse. The court reportedly sentenced the youth to house arrest for five days and ordered him to stay away from the Al Aqsa Mosque area for 30 days, in addition giving him a fine of 3,000 shekels. The youth today suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, and his academic achievements are reportedly deteriorating. 63. The staggering number of Palestinian children subjected to similar experiences of terrifying arrest and detention in Israeli custody and the trauma of the ill-treatment is of serious concern. Impunity for these violations is likely to perpetuate the ill-treatment of children in the future. It was noted that most Palestinian families reportedly do not file complaints of mistreatment with the Israeli authorities for fear of retaliation or because they have lost faith in the judicial system. Of the 23 complaints filed by Palestinian families in 2012 and 2013 with the assistance of Defence for Children – Palestine, the status of most of the complaints were unknown as at September 2014. V. Forcible transfer of Palestinian Bedouins 64. The situation of thousands of Palestinian Bedouin and herder communities resident in the central West Bank, including the East Jerusalem periphery, and the risk of their forcible transfer to three government-designated township sites at Al-Jabal, Nuweima and Fasayil in the Jerusalem and Jericho Governorates of the West Bank, is cause for deep concern. If the plans of the Israeli Civil Administration, referred to as the “Bedouin Regulation”, are approved, between 5,000 and 11,000 individuals from up to 46 rural communities could be evicted from their current place of residence and relocated to these sites. The implementation of the plans would entail the demolition of Bedouin homes and 18

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