Bahrain: Authorities Violate Detained Children’s Rights

By Human Rights Watch

(Beirut) – Bahraini authorities abuse and threaten children detained in connection with protests and other forms of political expression, Human Rights Watch and Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) said today. In separate investigations, the rights groups found that although Bahraini authorities released many children from detention in 2024, they have continued to arrest and detain children and violate their rights.Bahraini authorities should take urgent steps to end the abuse of children in detention, and should only detain children as a last resort in exceptional cases.…

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