Bahrain: students arrested and denied exams

(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Arrests have noticeably increased with the beginning of the final exams on Sunday 2nd June 2013. Many of the arrested are students. The arrests take place either during home raids or on streets.The Liberties and Human Rights Department (LHRB) in al-Wefaq National Islamic Society has recently issued a report in which it documented 240 arrests during May 2013, 19 of which were children.In fact, tens of students remain behind bars for reasons related to freedom of expression, while hundreds are pursued. The detained students, of different ages, are subjected to many types of abuses. Moreover, as retaliation, they are denied their right to sit for exams. Such violation of international covenants reveals the magnitude of the official institutions’ infringements.In March, the LHRB submitted to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Education a written complaint on the denial of exams and revision for students inside detention. The students are not allowed to receive their books and are subjected to mistreatment./129