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Bahrain jails 138 for planning Iran-linked 'terror' group
[DAWN] The Gulf state of Bahrain Tuesday incarceratedDrop the gat, Rocky, or you're a dead 'un! 138 people and revoked their citizenship for plotting to form a "terror" group with links to Iran's Revolutionary Guards, the public prosecutor said. The verdict was swiftly condemned by the Bahraini opposition, while human rights ...which are usually open to widely divergent definitions... group The court, whose rulings can be appealed, handed the men prison terms of three years to life for having tried to build a Bahrain Hezbollah, similar to the Shiite militia active in Leb, said prosecutor Ahmad al-Hammadi. Some members had received military training in Leb, Iran and Iraq, he said in a statement. Another man was also incarcerated Drop the gat, Rocky, or you're a dead 'un! but his citizenship was not revoked, while 30 others were acquitted, said the statement posted on the prosecution Instagram account. A judicial source said all the convicts are members of the Shiite community in the Sunni-ruled Gulf state. The source also said that 111 were already in jug while 58 were sentenced in absentia. Posted by: Fred 2019-04-17 |
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