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FEATURED ARTICLES *** Child beggars thrive on Muslim holy season in Agence France-Presse
AFP, afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hFh6zrO4h7AAb3jdLXcaQJTHbBWg [accessed 3 April 2011] According to a study by the Imam
Mohammad bin Saud Islamic University in Death in custody, arbitrary arrests and unfair trials of
children [accessed 3 April 2011] [scroll down] In July 1995, a 16-year-old
student, Said Abd al-Rasul
al-Iskafi, died in custody ten days after his
arrest in circumstances strongly suggesting that torture was a contributory
factor in his death. He had reportedly been detained on suspicion of having
sprayed anti-government graffiti on walls near his home. Amnesty International
obtained photographs of his dead body and submitted them to an expert
forensic pathologist at Although most of the children
detained last year and recently have been freed, many more are still being
arrested at the time of writing this report, taken away in house raids,
peaceful demonstrations or after clashes with security forces. In some cases,
security forces targeted children to hold them hostage until relatives sought
by police turned themselves in. The numbers of detainees changes daily but it
is believed that at any one time, about 60 children may be held without
access to legal assistance or family. ***
ARCHIVES *** UNICEF - Bahrain www.unicef.org/infobycountry/bahrain.html [accessed 3 April 2011] The Department of Labor’s 2004 Findings on the Worst Forms
of Child Labor www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/iclp/tda2004/bahrain.htm [accessed 25 February 2011] INCIDENCE
AND NATURE OF CHILD LABOR - The net primary school attendance rate from 1999-2002 was 85
percent for boys and 84.0 percent for girls. CHILD
LABOR LAWS AND ENFORCEMENT - The Labor Law of 1976 sets the minimum age for employment at 14
years. Under the Labor Law, juveniles
(ages 14 to 16 years) may not be employed in hazardous conditions, at night,
or for more than 6 hours per day. The
Ministry of Labor has inspectors to enforce legislation in the industrial
sector, and the U.S. Department of State reported that such inspections are
effective. Human Rights Reports » 2005
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61686.htm [accessed 20 January 2011] CHILDREN - Children born to Bahraini
mothers and non-citizen fathers are not entitled to citizenship. The Bahrain
Women's Society reported in June that there are approximately 1,800 children
of Bahraini women who reside in the country but do not have citizenship.
These children are ineligible for certain educational and healthcare benefits
and other rights of citizens. Public education for citizen
children below the age of 15 is free Child beggars thrive on Muslim holy season in Agence France-Presse
AFP, afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hFh6zrO4h7AAb3jdLXcaQJTHbBWg [accessed 3 April 2011] According to a study by the Imam
Mohammad bin Saud Islamic University in Islamic Clerics Authorize Sex With Infants Excerpts from an interview with Bahraini women's rights
activist Ghada Jamshir,
Al-Arabiya TV, December 21, 2005 MEMRI.org, FrontPageMagazine.com, January 4, 2006 archive.frontpagemag.com/readArticle.aspx?ARTID=6050 [accessed 20 January 2011] "We have a problem with
family planning. We have no family planning in Bahrain. The Shiites in
Bahrain have marriages for the purpose of mut'ah
[pleasure]. They bring multitudes of children into the world, without
thinking, who grow up in the streets. Education Reform in Gulf Centre for Strategic Studies, Welcome to www.bahrainbrief.com.bh/english/nov2001-issue.htm [Last access date unavailable] COMPULSORY SCHOOLING - The new legislation on
education passed by the Consultative Council will make schooling compulsory
for all children. Although it is
highly unusual for school age children in Committee Concludes Review Of
Children’s Rights UN Press Release GA/SHC/3748, Fifty-eighth General
Assembly, Third Committee, 19th & 20th Meetings, 21/10/2003 www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2003/gashc3748.doc.htm [accessed 3 April 2011] An analytical study of the
situation of children in Death in custody, arbitrary arrests and unfair trials of
children [accessed 3 April 2011] [scroll down] In July 1995, a 16-year-old
student, Said Abd al-Rasul
al-Iskafi, died in custody ten days after his
arrest in circumstances strongly suggesting that torture was a contributory
factor in his death. He had reportedly been detained on suspicion of having
sprayed anti-government graffiti on walls near his home. Amnesty
International obtained photographs of his dead body and submitted them to an
expert forensic pathologist at Although most of the children
detained last year and recently have been freed, many more are still being
arrested at the time of writing this report, taken away in house raids,
peaceful demonstrations or after clashes with security forces. In some cases,
security forces targeted children to hold them hostage until relatives sought
by police turned themselves in. The numbers of detainees changes daily but it
is believed that at any one time, about 60 children may be held without
access to legal assistance or family. All material used herein
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