“Mirza Abdul-Shaheed Mirza” of Bahrain, Youngest Political Prison Ever

(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Bahraini authorities extended the arrest period of the two kids "Mirza Abdul-Shaheed Mirza, 12 years, and Mohsen Mohammad Sadiq Al-Arab, who hasn’t completed his 13 years yet, after being accused of political charges.With the detention renewal, Mirza becomes the youngest political prisoner in Bahrain and the world, sitting in the authorities prisons in the capital Manama with the child Mohammad Mohsen Sadiq Al-Arab since the twenty-one days.Both kids were accused of political charges for participating in the demonstrations demanding reforms in the Gulf island.In addition to Mirza and Al-Arab, the Peninsula Shield-backed Bahraini security forces arrested the child Mohammad Abbas Al-Molani, 16 years, for his participation in the protests demanding freedom in Bahrain.The Bahraini Al-Wefaq opposition group said that “this case presented a flagrant model of the escalating violence committed by the Bahraini authorities against human and child rights.”Al-Wefaq stressed that Bahraini regime violates child rights on a daily basis through the continuous suppression against the peaceful protests in cities and villages, along with “arbitrary” arrests and issuing the verdicts which represent a model of “political persecution” and a false image of justice.According to Al-Wefaq, “the arrest renewal against the children in Bahrain is a model of injustice provisions issued by the international community and the United Nations.”/129