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Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday issued a scathing report on Israel’s "abusive arrests" of Palestinian children as young as 11, describing instances of Israeli police using threats to force youths to sign confessions. Israeli authorities failed to infor

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday issued a scathing report on Israel’s "abusive arrests" of Palestinian children as young as 11, describing instances of Israeli police using threats to force youths to sign confessions. Israeli authorities failed to inform parents of their children's arrest or whereabouts, the New York-based watchdog added, drawing on accounts of several children detained during intense unrest in East Jerusalem and the West Bank late last year. HRW's Middle East director Sarah Leah Whitson urged the United States to pressure its Israeli ally to end what it said were long-standing "abusive practices". Read more here: ift.tt/1LXRdXu - ift.tt/1M4xpnc

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