Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) says it is seriously concerned about the health condition of a teenager who has been in detention since January.

The BCHR said on Sunday that Sadeq Jafar Al-Asfoor, 17, was arrested without any clear charges, adding that he has not been receiving any medical care while in prison.

According to reports, the teenager was visiting a released prisoner in the village of Markh on January 8, 2014, when Bahraini regime forces opened fire on him. The teenager was detained following the incident.

The BCHR urged the international community to put pressure on Bahraini authorities to free the 17-year-old immediately.

The organization also called for adequate medical treatment for all activists behind bars in the country.

Since mid-February 2011, thousands of pro-democracy protesters have held numerous demonstrations in the streets of Bahrain, calling for the Al Khalifa royal family to relinquish power.

On March 14, 2011, troops from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates invaded the country to assist the Bahraini government in its crackdown on peaceful protesters.

According to local sources, scores of people have been killed and hundreds arrested.

Physicians for Human Rights says doctors and nurses have been detained, tortured, or disappeared because they have “evidence of atrocities committed by the authorities, security forces, and riot police” in the crackdown on anti-government protesters.

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