Death sentence upheld for Bahraini men
A Bahraini emergency appeals court has upheld the death sentences of two men found guilty of killing two police officers during anti-regime demonstrations.
The men are accused of running over two police officers with cars during anti-government protests which started in February, the Associated Press said on Sunday, quoting a report by Bahrain state news agency.
The Bahraini government also commuted two other death sentences to life imprisonment.
Meanwhile, human rights organizations have voiced concerns about the closed trial of the men, which was presided over by civil and military judges.
Rights activists in the crisis-stricken country have also called on the government to put an end to the prosecution of rights activists in the Persian Gulf kingdom.
Currently, there are over 1,000 political prisoners in Bahraini prisons, who are expected to be tried in military courts, according to head of Bahrain Center for Human Rights Nabeel Rajab.
Bahrain’s security court has been sentencing political activists to death and imprisonment as part of the kingdom’s efforts to suppress opposition.
Scores of people have been killed and many more arrested in the Saudi-backed crackdown on peaceful protests in Bahrain -- a longtime ally of the United States and home to the US Navy’s Fifth Fleet.
Bahraini regime forces, backed by Saudi army troops, have abducted many people, including opposition activists, journalists, teachers, students, doctors, and nurses, and have also destroyed dozens of mosques.
Source: presstv.ir
