Bahrain denies abuse of schoolgirls

Bahrain denies abuse of schoolgirls
Officials deny Al Jazeera report that police raided girls’ schools and beat them during its crackdown on protesters.
Last Modified: 11 May 2011 23:22

Officials in Bahrain have denied an Al Jazeera report that police carried out raids on girls’ schools, detaining them and beating them, during its crackdown against pro-democracy protesters, Bahrain news agency reported. “The allegations made by Al Jazeera English are totally baseless and without credibility”, the sources were quoted by the agency as saying.

“Reports that police have targeted students or beat them or threatened them are a blatant and malicious fabrication,” they said. Bahraini authorities were responding to secret filming conducted by Al Jazeera correspondent, Charles Stratford, that revealed shocking evidence of the brutal crackdown against pro-democracy protesters in the Gulf state, including that police carried out periodic raids on girls’ schools since the unrest began. …more