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A series of arrests for children in Silwan and Esawyeh
June 11, 2014

The Magistrate court judge extended the arrest of 10 Jerusalemites where most of them were children in order to continue investigating them. Mohammad Mahmoud, Al-Dameer organization lawyer, said that the Magistrate court judge extended the arrest of Anas Darwish, Nadim Obeid and Mahmoud Ramadan Obeid until Thursday, and Ramzi Takkash who was injured with a rubber bullet in his stomach until Friday; note that they were all arrested on Tuesday night from the village of Esawyeh. The judge also extended the arrest of Mohammad Zuheikeh, Ibrahim Yamani and Salim Tawil until Thursday. The public prosecution submitted an indictment which included charges of assaulting a settler against Yousef Haleisi from Silwan. Wadi Hilweh Information Center was informed that the judge also extended the arrest of Mohammad Issa Al-Qaq until Thursday.