Lawyer says 11-year-old has been freed after weeks in detention, but still faces trial for "joining illegal gathering".
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An 11-year-old boy in Bahrain has been released without bail on Monday after nearly a month in police custody.
One of the child’s lawyers, Mohsen al-Alawi, told Al Jazeera that judges had decided to release the boy but that his trial was set to continue on June 20.
The Bahrain Centre for Human Rights (BCHR) had reported the child was detained near his home in the Bilad al-Qadeem neighbourhood of the capital Manama by plainclothes officers on May 13. The prosecution then charged him with “joining an illegal gathering.”
The child was forced to take his school exams while in custody. Rights groups say he is one of the youngest people to be detained since an ongoing pro-democracy uprising began in February, 2011.
The BCHR also reported on the detention of two 13-year-old boys by police at the end of April.
Up Dated with video
An 11-year-old boy in Bahrain has been released without bail on Monday after nearly a month in police custody.
One of the child’s lawyers, Mohsen al-Alawi, told Al Jazeera that judges had decided to release the boy but that his trial was set to continue on June 20.
The Bahrain Centre for Human Rights (BCHR) had reported the child was detained near his home in the Bilad al-Qadeem neighbourhood of the capital Manama by plainclothes officers on May 13. The prosecution then charged him with “joining an illegal gathering.”
The child was forced to take his school exams while in custody. Rights groups say he is one of the youngest people to be detained since an ongoing pro-democracy uprising began in February, 2011.
The BCHR also reported on the detention of two 13-year-old boys by police at the end of April.
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