Bahrain regime engages in sytematic abuse through rape, murder, false imprisonment of children – As Signator to UN Children Rights Convention, renders it Bull-shit

Bahrain had signed the UN Children’s Rights Convention in 1992 in which every person under the age of 18 is considered a child. However, The Bahraini law states that those under the age of 15 are considered children.

Bahraini children victims of murder, arrest, torture, and harassment
31 August, 2012 – ABNA.com

(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) – Bahrain had signed the UN Children’s Rights Convention in 1992 in which every person under the age of 18 is considered a child. However, The Bahraini law states that those under the age of 15 are considered children.

Ali Al-Shleikh died at 14 years of age. Abdul Hussein died at 6 years of age due to suffocation from tear gas thrown into his home.

In Both cases the Bahraini government committed flagrant violations against children. A new statistic shows that the children under 18 who have been killed number 11.

This does not include the infants that have been killed due to the tear gas, and who number 30 infants. Sajida Faisal died at age 5 days, and Yahia Youssef Ahmad died at age one month.

The Bahraini Center for Human Rights concluded that there were at least 45 incidents of abortion that were caused by the tear gas as well, in addition to numerous cases of abnormalities among newborns which sheds light on the type of substances present in the tear gas.

Several professionals and activists have document and reported cases of child arrest, sexual abuse, verbal abuse, beatings, and torture after being charged with public rallying made up of five or more people with the intent of public unrest or committing crimes according to Article 179 of the Penal Code.

Children between 15 and 18 were especially subjected to torture and treated like adults in the police stations and investigation rooms.

This article has been condemned by the Basioni report for holding individuals accountable according to a perceived intent. The public prosecutor claimed, in a statement it issued in December 2011, that charges based on this article will be dropped since it coincides with the freedom of expression.

Some examples of such cases are: Abdul Karim Hasan, who was detained for 12 days and was beaten and verbally and physically abused. Ali Hasan Ali (Youngest detainee in the Bahraini prisons) who was detained for 25 days on charges of rallying and committing crimes. Ali Al-Sankis who was photographed naked and blackmailed with the produced photos. …source