UK Parliamentary group issues statement on night arrests
[25 February 2014] – On 25 February, the Britain-Palestine All Party Parliamentary Group (BPAPPG) and the Council for Arab-British Understanding (CAABU) issued a joint press statement regarding the recent announcement that Israel will establish a pilot scheme to issue summonses to Palestinian children suspected of crimes, instead of using night time arrests. The cross party group of MPs and Peers call on the international community to support this pilot as part of a complete overhaul of the military detention system, that will ensure all child detainees are treated according to international law.
The full statement is available here
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