A Bahraini court has sentenced 12 anti-regime protesters to long prison terms of up to 15 years amid the persisting harsh crackdown on the country’s popular uprising.
The 12 young men were reportedly charged on Wednesday with “attacking” the regime’s Saudi-backed security forces during anti-government protest rallies in the Senabes and Alii villages of the Persian Gulf state.
According to a statement by the country’s main opposition bloc Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, two of the men were handed 15-year sentences, five were issued 10-year terms, four received 5-year ones and one was sentenced to 3 years behind bars.
Al-Wefaq further described the sentences as “vengeful and oppressive.” Full story...
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The 12 young men were reportedly charged on Wednesday with “attacking” the regime’s Saudi-backed security forces during anti-government protest rallies in the Senabes and Alii villages of the Persian Gulf state.
According to a statement by the country’s main opposition bloc Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, two of the men were handed 15-year sentences, five were issued 10-year terms, four received 5-year ones and one was sentenced to 3 years behind bars.
Al-Wefaq further described the sentences as “vengeful and oppressive.” Full story...
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