THE YOUNGEST PALESTINIAN PRISONER SENTENCED TO 4 MONTHS

Ramallah, 7 Jumadal Awwal 1436/26 February 2015 (MINA) – The Ofer military court on Wednesday (25/2) sentenced the youngest Palestinian boy in Israeli jails to four months imprisonment, in addition to a fine estimated at 2000 shekels.

The 15 year old Khaled Sheikh has been detained for 63 days on charges of throwing stones and setting fire to tires, Palestinian Information Center (PIC) quoted by Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA) as reporting.

Khaled’s family warned of his difficult health condition as he suffers from anemia and did not receive any medication since his arrest on December 25, 2014.

His family could not meet him despite requesting visit permission more than once.

The family expressed deep concern over their son’s detention conditions as he is still deprived from receiving his appropriate medication and family visits.

The secondary school student, who was nabbed in his village near the separation wall, is currently held in Ofer prison and attended four court hearings.

For his part, head of the Ahrar Center Fuad al-Khuffash condemned the court’s verdict, saying that children’s arrest is a systematic Israeli policy.

There are currently 300 Palestinian children detained behind Israeli bars, he underlined.

Al-Khuffash stressed the urgent need to work on the release of all Palestinian children held illegally in Israeli prisons. (T/P006/R03)

Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA)