{"id":19343,"date":"2013-12-16T15:16:00","date_gmt":"2013-12-16T22:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/?p=19343"},"modified":"2013-12-16T15:14:40","modified_gmt":"2013-12-16T22:14:40","slug":"among-many-horrible-abuses-this-must-stop-children-are-routinely-detained-ill-treated-tortured-in-bahrain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/?p=19343","title":{"rendered":"Among horrible abuses, this must Stop: Children are routinely detained, ill-treated, tortured in Bahrain"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bahrain: Halt detention, abuse and torture of children<\/strong>
\n16 December, 2013 – Amnesty International<\/p>\n

Children are being routinely detained, ill-treated and tortured in Bahrain, said Amnesty International in a new briefing published today.<\/p>\n

Scores of children arrested on suspicion of participating in anti-government protests \u2013 including some as young as 13 \u2013 were blindfolded, beaten and tortured in detention over the past two years the organization said. Others were threatened with rape in order to extract forced confessions.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy rounding up suspected under-age offenders and locking them up, Bahrain\u2019s authorities are displaying an appalling disregard for its international human rights obligations,\u201d said Said Boumedouha, Deputy Director of Amnesty International\u2019s Middle East and North Africa Programme. <\/p>\n

\u201cNearly three years after Bahrain\u2019s security forces used excessive force to crush anti-government protests, they now appear to be targeting children in an intensified crackdown. All children under the age of 18 who have not committed any recognizable offence must be released immediately. Any allegations of torture and ill-treatment must be thoroughly investigated.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to reports received by Amnesty International there are at least 110 children aged between 16 and 18 held at the Dry Dock Prison, an adult facility in al Muharraq Island, pending investigation or trial.<\/p>\n

Most children have been arrested on suspicion of participating in \u201cillegal gatherings\u201d, rioting, burning tyres or throwing Molotov cocktails at police. Many were seized during raids while they were playing at home and even at a local swimming pool. Several were denied access to their families for extended periods and interrogated without their lawyers.<\/p>\n

Children under the age of 15 who have been sentenced are held at a Juvenile Centre in Manama under Ministry of Interior control. During the day they are attended by social workers but at night, when most abuses tend to take place, Bahraini police take over. At the age of 15 those held in the Juvenile Centre are transferred to adult prisons such as Jaw Prison in southeast Bahrain to serve the remaining prison sentences. …more<\/a><\/p>\n

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