Bahraini teen arrested faces rape as extrajudical punishment

Bahraini teen arrested after speaking with human rights group
January 3, 2012 -Lebanon Now

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’s foreign relations office wrote in an email received by NOW Lebanon.

During Oun’s first detention, he claimed to have been raped with a hose by officer Yousif Mulla Bukhait, the email said.

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.

Shia-led mass demonstrations that rocked Bahrain early last year were violently crushed by government forces using live ammunition and heavy-handed tactics.

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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