Wednesday, 28 September 2011

Bahrain upholds life sentences for activists (AP)

Masked Bahraini anti-government protesters watch from rooftops Saturday, Sept. 24, 2011, as tear gas fills the Shiite village of Sanabis, Bahrain, on the edge of the capital of Manama, where protesters clashed with police. Shiite-led opposition groups called for a boycott of parliamentary by-elections held Saturday to protest crackdowns. Voting appears very light in most Shiite areas, although busier in districts with Sunni voters who are considered backers of the Gulf kingdom's monarchy. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)AP - Bahrain's special security court on Wednesday upheld sentences for 21 activists convicted for their roles in Shiite-led protests for greater rights, including eight prominent political figures given life terms on charges of trying to overthrow the Gulf kingdom's Sunni rulers.



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