Friday, June 12, 2009

Child Detainee Figures





DCI - Palestine

(Last Updated: 09 June 2009)


A key component of DCI/PS’s work is to provide legal assistance to children detained under the Israeli occupation and to compile accurate statistics on the number of children detained at any one time. The tables below show the number of Palestinian children currently in Israeli detention and is updated monthly. For more detailed statistics, please contact a DCI/PS Advocay Officer.

Table 1 – Number of Palestinian children detained by Israel


Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2008 327 307 325 327 337 323 324 293 304 297 327 342
2009 389 423 420 391 346 - - - - - - -

Table 2 – Number of Palestinian girls detained by Israel


Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2008 2 3 3 4 3 6 6 5 6 6 5 7
2009 5 7 6 6 6 - - - - - - -

Table 3 – Number of Palestinian children in administrative detention


Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2008 18 3 13 12 10 13 13 13 11 8 5 6
2009 5 6 2 2 1 - - - - - - -

Table 4 – Current child administrative detainees

# Name Age at date of arrest Date of order Number of orders Possible release date
1 Hamdi Al Tamari 16 18 Dec 2008 2 14 Aug 2009

Table 5 – Persons who were children when they received administrative detention orders

# Name Age at date of arrest Date of order Number of orders Possible release date
1 Rami Sh. 17 15 Dec 2008 2 14 Aug 2009
2 Mohammad Balbol 17 25 Jul 2008 3 22 Jul 2009
3 Entima AL-Lahham 17 13 Jul 2008 3 10 Jul 2009
4 Wa'ad Al Hidmy 16 28 Apr 2008 4 25 Jun 2009
5 Mohammad Baran 17 01 Mar 2008 4 26 Aug 2009
6 Ahmed Mijermi 17 09 Dec 2007 5

Table 6 – Administrative detainees - recent releases

# Name Age at date of arrest Date of order Number of orders Released
1 Firas AM. 16 06 May 2008 3 03 Mar 2009
2 Sa’d Abu Khalil 16 28 Feb 2007 7 15 Jan 2009
3 Salwa S. (F) 16 05 Jun 2008 2 03 Jan 2009
4 Sara S. (F) 16 05 Jun 2008 2 03 Jan 2009
5 Obaida Asyda 17 23 May 2007 5 29 Nov 2008
6 Mu'az S. 17 22 Aug 2007 4 18 Nov 2008
7 Hamdi Al Tamari 15 25 Jul 2008 2 13 Nov 2008
8 Mujahed S. 16 11 Jan 2008 3 25 Sep 2008

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