Children in Bahrain: Victims of physical & sexual abuse, abduction, arbitrary detention and unfair trial<\/p>\n
76 children between the prisoners in the latest security crackdown, making them 21% of the total detainees, whose numbers swelled to 355<\/p>\n
Special Forces attack random people, especially children who are at risk of excessive use of force, rubber bullets and tear gas. Many obtained serious injuries as a result.<\/p>\n
November 20, 2010 – on the occasion of Universal Children’s Day<\/p>\n
\u201cA child means every human being below the age of eighteen years unless under the law applicable to the child\u201d
\nArticle I of the International Convention for the Rights of the Child …more<\/a><\/p>\n