Sayel Rebhi Abu Quedair's bail was set at 5,000 shekels ($1,391.75) after he was detained from his school on 27 September on suspicion of throwing stones at Israeli forces, lawyer Nasser An-Nobani said, adding that the child, from Hebron, had been beaten during the arrest.
Prisoner Society director Qadura Fares denounced the court's decision, demanding all countries that are signatories to the International Convention of the Right of the Child to "actively move to curb Israel from targeting Palestinians and abusing them in military courts."
On 4 October, the military prosecution at the Ofer detention center delayed Abu Quedair's release by 72 hours to file an appeal against the court's decision to release the child.
Abu Quedair was detained days after 13-year-old Akram Da'an was arrested from his school in the Old City of Hebron by Israeli forces and tried for throwing stones at troops.
Da'an was later released following six days of detention and fined 2,000 shekels ($545). 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.
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.
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.
(This version CORRECTS that Abu Quedair remains in detention and was not placed under house arrest.)
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Israeli military appeals court renews detention of Palestinian child |
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| NABLUS, (PIC)-- The Israeli military court of appeals on Tuesday accepted a request by the Israeli military prosecution and annulled a preliminary military court verdict releasing a 15-year-old Palestinian boy. Lawyer Jawad Buloos, the head of the Palestinian prisoners' association's legal unit, said that the case started on 27/9 when Israeli occupation forces (IOF) arrested Sayel Abu Quaider, 15, near his school in Al-Khalil after alleging he was throwing stones at the soldiers. The boy denied the charge but a soldier testified that the boy threw one stone and based on this testimony he was arrested, Buloos added. When Quaider was brought to court his face was bruised, the lawyer noted, adding that the soldier who arrested him dashed his face into a nearby wall. An indictment was leveled against the boy after which the military prosecution demanded his detention until finalization of legal procedures against him but the judge at the preliminary military court ordered his release on 3/10 due to his young age and because he was injured during his arrest. |
