Thursday, April 03, 2014

Bahrain sentences protesters to long jail terms...

Bahraini authorities continue to mount pressure on dissent as a court in Manama hands heavy prison sentences to nine people including teenagers.

The Bahraini protesters were sentenced Wednesday on charges of attacking police during anti-regime rallies, with sentences ranging from five to ten years each.

The court said the protesters were among around 30 masked men who allegedly pelted a police patrol vehicle with Molotov cocktails in the village of Nuwaidrat in March last year.

The incident marks the latest in a series of harsh sentences handed down to protesters in the Persian Gulf nation.

On March 30, a Bahraini court sentenced 13 pro-democracy protesters including several teenagers to life in prison for allegedly attempting to kill a policeman and participating in an anti-regime protest outside the capital city of Manama in March 2012. Full story...

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