Amer Zidani is sentenced to actual imprisonment of one year… and extending the arrest of 10 Jerusalemites
The District court sentenced on Thursday the Jerusalemite boy Amer Ziad Zidani 17, to actual imprisonment of one year on charges of throwing Molotov cocktails on a settlement in Silwan. Amer’s lawyer, Mohammad Mahmoud from Al-Dameer organization, said that the court sentenced Amer for 12 months of actual imprisonment and a suspended sentence of 7 months for 2 years, in addition to a fee of 2000 NIS. Ziadni’s family said that their son was brought to court and the signs of abuse were obvious as he was transferred from Hasharon prison to Majiddo prison; according to information available, the family said that Amer refused to enter Majiddo cells which resulted to verbal altercations between him and the Jailer who ended up hitting him with the iron handcuffs on his hands and legs causing clear wounds and bruises. The family added that Amer was transferred to Majiddo cells and was denied the last visit, knowing that the family went to Hasharon prison to visit him last Tuesday and was surprised to find out that he was transferred to another prison. The family called the Red Cross and Children’s Rights organizations to protect the prisoners and children and follow up with them on a daily basis, expressing their surprise that the International Foundation "Red Cross" had no information of transferring their son from one prison to another, knowing that he was arrested a week before the date of the visit. The boy’s family pointed out that Amer has been arrested since the beginning of this year, and was investigated in Al-Maskobyeh in west Jerusalem, and was presented to court several times before sentencing him on Thursday. In a related matter, Al-Dameer organization Lawyer, Mohammad Mahmoud, said that the prosecution submitted an indictment on Thursday to the District court against Ahmad Abu Halaweh and charged him with assaulting settlers on Al-Nakba day; they also extended his arrest until next Tuesday. The lawyer added that the Magistrate court extended the arrest of Eyad Al-A’war, his brother Shadi and Suhaib Al-A’war until next Monday. It also extended the arrest of Daoud Al-A’war and Mahmoud Sarhan from Silwan until next Monday, knowing that they were arrested in the early morning hours of Thursday from their homes. He added that Majdi Aweis, Mohammad Aweis, Thaer Abbasi and Mohammad Alqaq were all presented to court on Thursday and will all be detained until the 19th of June, 2013.
