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| Bahraini court sentences 9 Shia activists to 5-year jail |
| 2014-09-23 |
| [ABNA.IR] A Bahraini appeals court has upheld an earlier ruling that handed five-year imprisonment sentences to nine Shia activists. According to Judicial sources in the nation's capital of Manama, the defendants, among them a photojournalist and an online activist, were convicted of calling for the downfall of the despotic Al Khalifa regime. The court upheld an April ruling sentencing photographer, Hussain Hubail, and activist, Jassim al-Nuaimi, along with seven other Shias, to five years in prison, after convicting them of plotting to overthrow the ruling regime "through illegal means via media and social networks." They were also convicted of calling for and taking part in anti-government protest rallies in the previous year. Attorneys for the Shia activists, however, insist that the defendants are innocent and were forced to confess to the allegations under duress. |
| Posted by:Fred |