AhlulBayt News Agency

source : Press TV
Saturday

18 June 2011

7:30:00 PM
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Bahrain Tries Teenager over Protests

A 15-year-old Bahraini boy has stood trial for participating in anti-government demonstrations, as the Saudi-backed regime continues its brutal crackdown on peaceful protesters.

(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - According to rights activists, Yousif al-Basri, who was reportedly tortured in prison, is scheduled to appear before tribunal on Sunday.

Earlier on Saturday, lawyers from Lebanon, Spain, France and Italy accused Britain of selling arms, including sniper rifles, to the Manama regime and training Bahraini police forces, who use heavy-handed tactics against anti-government protesters in the Persian Gulf sheikdom.

Anti-government protests against the rule of the Al Khalifa dynasty in Bahrain began in mid-February.

Since then, Manama has unleashed a massive crackdown on anti-government protesters.

Scores of people have been killed and many more arrested and tortured in prisons in the Saudi-backed crackdown on protests in Bahrain.

Bahrain is home to the 5th Fleet of the US Navy.

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