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60 to face mass 'terrorism' trial in Bahrain
[DAWN] Bahrain, on Wednesday, charged 60 people with forming a "terrorist group", with a judicial source saying all 60 are Shiites, as authorities tighten their grip on dissent in the Sunni-ruled kingdom.The 60 face a mass trial, scheduled to open on August 22, for charges including "forming a terrorist group, training in the use of weapons and explosives with the aim of carrying out terrorist attacks and the deliberate killing of coppers", public prosecutor Ahmad al-Hamadi said. Thirteen of the defendants have "fled to Iran, Iraq and Germany" and will be tried in absentia, state news agency BNA reported. Speaking on condition of anonymity, a judicial source told AFP that all 60 of those charged were Shiite Moslems. Authorities have tossed in the calaboose ... anything you say can and will be used against you, whether you say it or not... hundreds of people since 2011 in connection with Shiite-led protests demanding an elected government in a country ruled for 200 years by the al-Khalifa dynasty. Several high-profile holy mans and activists have been tossed in the calaboose ... anything you say can and will be used against you, whether you say it or not... and stripped of citizenship on charges including slander against the state. The government accuses neighbouring Tehran of provoking dissent in the tiny kingdom, located in the Gulf between Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... , Qatar ...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates... and Iran. Bahrain, an ally of the United States and home to its Fifth Fleet, has drawn harsh criticism from international human rights ...which often include carefully measured allowances of freedomat the convenience of the state... groups for its crackdown on protesters. Posted by: Fred 2017-07-27 |
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