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| Bahrain jails protest Shia's for life: prosecutor |
| 2011-10-04 |
| [Dawn] A Bahraini special court on Monday placed in durance vile 36 Shia's for up to 25 years each in three separate cases linked to pro-reform protests in the Gulf kingdom, a military prosecutor said. The rulings came only hours after a civil court date was set for a group of medics who were handed lengthy jail terms last week for their roles in the month-long protests, leading to international condemnation of Bahrain. In Monday's decision, 14 Shia's were sentenced to life, or 25 years in prison, after being convicted of beating to death a Pak with a "terrorist" intent and gathering for riots, the prosecutor Yusof Fleifel said. Fifteen were sentenced to 15 years in jail for attempting to murder military personnel and taking part in protests and vandalism at Manama's Bahrain University, Fleifel said, quoted by BNA state news agency. The third case involved seven students, six of them placed in durance vile 15 years, while another was sentenced to 18 years, over charges including the attempted murder of several people at the university. The students had been charged with "holding people hostage in building S20 and setting it on fire with the aim of killing those in the upper floor" in addition to damaging the building and stealing computers, BNA said. The students were collectively fined 349,300 Bahraini dinars (dollar 926,377), it added. Matar Matar, a former opposition MP, said those convicted of killing of the Pak had confessed under torture and that the evidence against them was weak. "Their lawyers had asked for a medical committee to check them for marks of torture, but their request was turned down," Matar told AFP, adding the defendants had said they only took part in a public gathering. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 I wonder how many of these were covert IRGC? |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2011-10-04 11:12 |