Adolescent Sick Bahraini Girl Arrested from Hospital
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The 17 years old Bahraini girl Ashwaq Almagabi was re-arrested from the hospital by her supposed national police to start her 6 months imprisonment sentence.
One of 7 minors and 38 women arrested in the city centre case following a peaceful protest, Almagabi suffers from severe degree sickle cell which worsened due to prison condition and ill-treatment.
Ashwaq was first arrested on 23 Sep 2011 along with another 45 women and girls after participating in a march at the shopping mall City Center.
They were apprehended without arrest orders, interrogated without lawyers' and some of them were reportedly tortured or otherwise ill-treated.
Since her detention Ashwaq was admitted several times to the hospital to get treatment for her sickle cell and for the past month she was staying at hospital. She was sentenced to 6 months imprisonment on 19 Oct 2011 by the criminal court along with another 11 women and 2 men.
Bahraini Center for Human Rights announced that Ashwaq and the other persons in the same case were sentenced for practicing freedom of expression and the harsh imprisonment sentences they have received are a result of a political judgment.
It is very concerning that Ashwaq is being taken to the prison, where available information on the prison conditions doesn't suggest its suitability for her case as a sickle cell patient, putting risk on her life," BHCR said
According to the center, there is no permanent nurse, and no visiting doctor to check on the inmates.
"Some cells do not have windows, so neither light nor natural ventilation enter the room," the report explains.
Moreover, adolescents and young girls are rounded up with people convicted in criminal cases of various nationalities and some with criminal records.
Source: ABNA, Edited by moqawama.org
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