Bahrain Youth Socitey for Human Rights Moves to Protect Tortured Child Prisoners

Press release: Launching a Committee to Protect Children’s Rights in Bahrain
20 December, 2013 – Bahrain Youth Society for Human Rights

The Bahrain Youth Society for Human Rights stated today that it had formed a local committee to work on documenting violations against children in Bahrain, and this committee will commence its work during the coming week.

The BYSHR clarified that the violations against children in Bahrain has been going on since 14 February – the kickoff of protests in Bahrain in the Pearl Roundabout – where children were subjected to killing, torture and imprisonment.

Mr. Mohammed Al-Maskati – President of the BYSHR – confirmed, “This committee will use international mechanisms in its actions and will utilize regional and international organizations”.

Al-Maskati stated, “The committee’s work will be divided into three phases; the first phase will be initiated within the next few days, and the committee will begin to visit the Bahraini areas to document.”

The committee will focus on violations related to arresting, trialing and imprisoning children in relation to the political situation in Bahrain in light of the continued peaceful protests in the villages.

Mr. Nader Al-Salatna – Vice-president of the BYSHR – indicated, “The BYSHR decided to use modern techniques during the process of monitoring and documentation violations against children”.

Al-Salatna explained, “The BYSHR trained a team from different areas. The team will be carrying advanced devices for documentation. The safety of the information has been taken into consideration where it will be stored in a database outside Bahrain. The team has also been trained on providing protection for the information.” …source