From: Susan Murphy <susan.murphy@...>
Subject: Child prisoners - Speaker Tour
To: Undisclosed-Recipient:;@me.freeserve.com
Date: Wednesday, 7 October, 2009, 4:58 PM

 

A national tour to highlight the
systematic and institutionalised
ill-treatment and torture of
Palestinian children by the Israeli
authorities.

7pm–9pm
Monday 2 November
Quaker Meeting
House, School Lane,
Liverpool L1 3BT

Chair: Betty Hunter
Guest: Dr. Derek Summerfield

Mohammad Abu Eid, from the occupied West
Bank, was 14 years old when he was detained by
the Israeli forces in February 2008 and accused
of throwing stones at the Wall. Mohammad was
beaten, interrogated in the absence of a lawyer and
family member, deceived into signing a confession,
prosecuted in a military court and sentenced to
four months imprisonment inside Israel. Whilst
in prison, he received no education and no family
visits.

Mohammad, in the
company of his
mother, Somaya,
will share their
experiences with
the audience to
foster a better
understanding of
the situation facing
Palestinian children.

We will also be joined by Gerard Horton, from
Defence for Children International — Palestine,
a lawyer working in the Occupied Palestinian
Territories and Abdelfattah Abusrour, President of
Palestinian Theatre League; and at each meeting
there will be additional testimony from our
esteemed UK guests who have extensive knowledge
of the region and the shocking situation facing
vulnerable children