Bahraini regime summons 10-year-old to court

A Bahraini regime court has summoned a minor to stand trial for participation in a pro-democracy protest rally.

Ali Naim Marhoun, 10, was summoned to a court on Sunday after the Public Prosecution filed a lawsuit against the child, who has not yet reached legal age.

Ali’s mother said that other children, too, who were all still very young, had been summoned along with Ali to the Minor Criminal Court to stand similar charges.

Ali’s brother, who is a political activist, has already been sentenced to 15 years in prison by the Bahraini judiciary.

Another minor summoned to the court on Sunday over “illegal assembly” was Hussein Marhoun, 16. He was handed a four-month imprisonment sentence by the Bahraini regime court.

A Bahraini rights group revealed last month that the regime in Manama had detained scores of children taking part in protest rallies against the ruling Al Khalifah monarchy. According to a report released by the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR), there were 187 children among those arrested by regime forces in 2016.