An Israeli court released 12-year-old Karam Khaled Da'ana from Hebron, on bail after spending eight days in jail. Yet, the boy will not be allowed to go home until the case is concluded.
Da'ana was abducted by Israeli troops after being violently assaulted by Israeli settlers near his school on September 21. The kid's family paid 2000 Israeli shekels to get their son released,.
Head of the Palestinian Prisoners' Society in Hebron, Amjad Najjar condemned the abduction of the lad, and said it is against the law to abduct a 12-year-old child.
The Palestine News Agency, WAFA, the kid will not be allowed to stay in his house in Hebron, until all court procedures are concluded.
Head of the Palestinian Prisoners' Society in Hebron, Amjad Najjar condemned the abduction of the lad, and said it is against the law to abduct a 12-year-old child.
The Palestine News Agency, WAFA, the kid will not be allowed to stay in his house in Hebron, until all court procedures are concluded.
Israeli court rules boy should be removed from his home |
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RAMALLAH, (PIC)-- Palestinian human rights activists called the decision by the Israeli Ofer court to fine and impose a forced removal of a Palestinian child from his home “a dangerous precedent.” The Palestinian Prisoners Society said an Israeli judge decided to release Karam Khaled Da’na, 13, on a NIS 2000 bond, but military personnel strongly objected to the decision. The court then ruled one of the strangest military decisions in its history that Da’na should be removed from his family’s home until legal proceedings against him were finished, as he was released on bail until the next hearing. Da’na was arrested a few days back in front of the school he attends in Al-Khalil for allegedly throwing stones at settlers and Israeli soldiers. “Prosecuting the minor Da’na does not represent any legitimate law and is not based on any ethical standards, and disregards all international conventions and agreements that prohibit detaining and prosecuting minors,” the PPS said. The rights group said the Israeli court is the only one in the world that has legalized detaining and prosecuting 12-year-old children, based on the Military Order No. 132 and Military Order 53. Israel releases child charged with stone throwing  HEBRON (Ma'an) -- An Israeli military court Tuesday released a 13-year-old child following six days of detention on charges of stone throwing, fining the boy 2,000 shekels ($545). Karam Da'na was detained from his school in the Old City of Hebron on 22 September by Israeli forces and taken to the Ofer detention center in Ramallah. A Palestinian Prisoner Society lawyer said the military court ruled that Da'na was not allowed to return to his family home until his next trial is heard. During Da'na's hearing, he said, the military prosecutor objected to the child's release, prolonging the session for over an hour. An Israeli military source told Ma'an on Monday that Da'na had been charged with "throwing rocks" at Israeli forces, and that following an internal investigation, the case was referred to Israel's National Police. A spokesman for the police did not immediately return a phone call seeking comment on the case. Qadoora Fares, the head of the Palestinian Prisoners Society, said putting the child on trial "does not fall in line with the law, nor is it based on international standards." On Sunday, Da'na's family told Ma'an of their son's detention from the Al-Mutannabi School in the Old City of Hebron. At the time, an Israeli military spokeswoman said the army was not familiar with the detention. The Palestinian Authority Ministry of Information denounced the trial and arrest in a statement issued Monday, and called on Israel to release the 350 Palestinian children currently in Israeli custody. The ministry also accused Israeli forces of carrying out arrest campaigns targeting children in particular. In March 2010, an Israeli military tribunal released 12-year-old Al-Hassan Al-Muhtaseb after his father refused to pay a similar bailout fee, instead pledging to bring him in for trial if called. At the time, the child's lawyer said no indictment had been filed nor were they any witnesses that Al-Muhtaseb, who was detained near his home in Hebron, had thrown stones on Israeli forces. |
