Bahrain arrests females over elections
The country’s main opposition group, al-Wefaq says Bahraini security forces have arrested and beaten more than 40 females protesting against the parliamentary by-elections in Bahrain.
According to IRIB, the female Bahrainis, including seven minors aged between 12 and 15, were arrested on Friday, one day before the by-elections -- boycotted by the opposition -- to replace 18 lawmakers who resigned from the parliament in protest to the crackdown on anti-government demonstrators.
Al-Wefaq said in a statement on Monday "More than 40 Bahraini women were savagely arrested... in a commercial centre,” adding that they were "beaten and humiliated."
Al-Wefaq condemned the females' arrests as "savage and inhumane,'' saying that they had only been expressing their "right to freedom of expression".
Election results in Bahrain show that more than 80 percent of the electorate refused to vote in the by-elections in the country.
Meanwhile, a military court in Bahrain has sentenced 32 people to 15 years in prison for taking part in anti-government protests in the Persian Gulf country earlier this year.
Source: irib.ir
