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| Bahrain Jails 29 Shiites for Attack on Police |
| 2014-03-28 |
[AnNahar] A Bahraini court on Wednesday tossed in the calabooseKeep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please! 29 Shiites for up to 10 years for an attack on a police center in April 2012, a judicial source said. Twenty-six of those convicted were handed 10-year prison terms and three others tossed in the calaboose Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please! for three years, the source said. The prosecution accused the defendants of attacking a police center in the village of Sitra, south of Manama, with petrol bombs and iron rods, wounding a policeman. The defendants claimed in court that they were tortured and their confessions obtained under duress, the source said. Bahrain, home to the U.S. Fifth Fleet, remains deeply divided since after a quashed 2011 Shiite-led uprising, with persistent protests sparking festivities with police, scores of Shiites tossed in the calaboose Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please! on "terror" charges and reconciliation talks deadlocked. Authorities in the Sunni-ruled Gulf kingdom last year increased the penalties for those convicted of violence, introducing the death penalty or life sentences in certain cases. |
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