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After 19 days, he was transferred to Megiddo prison, inside Israel, in violation of Fourth Geneva's Article 76 prohibiting transfers of protected people outside their occupied territory.
On October 18, 2011, UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Juan Mendez called for ending solitary confinement, especially for children. It's brutalizing "torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment when used as a punishment, during pretrial detention, indefinitely or for a prolonged period."
It especially harms children and anyone with mental disabilities.
Israel spurns all international law. Neither UN authorities or world leaders enforce policies with teeth to prevent it. As a result, Israel's gotten away with decades of crimes of war and against humanity with impunity.
Why else would detainees like Adnan resist. As he explains, his struggle is more than for himself. It's so all Palestinians can at last live free. Resistance won't end until what can't go on forever ends. It's just a matter of time.
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