Please take the time to watch this important new video that includes interviews with two Palestinian children who were held in solitary confinement as well as a lawyer from Defense for Children International – Palestine Section who puts their situation in a wider context. Their stories must be heard. – MECA

By Harriet Sherwood, Mat Heywood and Mustafa Khalili

Please take the time to watch this important new video that includes interviews with two Palestinian children who were held in solitary confinement as well as a lawyer from Defense for Children International – Palestine Section who puts their situation in a wider context. Their stories must be heard. – MECA

By Harriet Sherwood, Mat Heywood and Mustafa Khalili

Cell 36, deep within Al Jalame prison, northern Israel. It is one of a handful of cells where Palestinian children are locked in solitary confinement for days or even weeks. Mohammad Shabrawi from the West Bank town of Tulkarm was arrested last January, aged 16. He was taken to Cell 36. He spent 17 days in solitary. Ezz ad-Deen Ali Qadi from Ramallah, who was 17 when he was arrested last January, says he was also held in solitary confinement at Al Jalame for 17 days in cells 36, 37 and 38.

Originally published by The Guardian