Bahraini teen arrested after speaking with human rights group
\nJanuary 3, 2012 -Lebanon Now\t <\/p>\n
An 18-year-old Bahraini man, Hassan Oun, from the Shia town of Samaheej was arrested for a fifth time on Tuesday after speaking at the Bahrain Center for Human Rights, the center\u2019s foreign relations office wrote in an email received by NOW Lebanon.<\/p>\n
During Oun\u2019s first detention, he claimed to have been raped with a hose by officer Yousif Mulla Bukhait, the email said.<\/p>\n
Following his release, Bukhait telephoned Oun, threatening him with further detention, rape and death if he continued to speak out against the Bahraini government, the rights group added.<\/p>\n
Shia-led mass demonstrations that rocked Bahrain early last year were violently crushed by government forces using live ammunition and heavy-handed tactics.<\/p>\n
A special commission appointed to probe last year’s crackdown on anti-government protests published a report in November denouncing the “excessive and unjustified use of force” by the authorities.
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