Bahrain jails 27 people for links to mass protests

struggle4progress

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Tue Oct-04-11 12:15 PM
Original message

Bahrain jails 27 people for links to mass protests

Source: BBC

A Bahrain court has sentenced 27 people to up to 15 years in jail for their part in unrest earlier this year.

Fourteen people - including Shia opposition party members - were given sentences of up to 10 years for their role in the pro-democracy protests.

A further 13 people were imprisoned for between five and 15 years for the kidnapping of two policemen, the Bahrain News Agency (BNA) said ...

Bahrain's security chief Tarak Mubarak bin Daina said plans by the main Shia opposition al-Wefaq party to stage a human-chain protest on a key road in Manama on Wednesday would "derail public security and block the smooth flow of the traffic" ...

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-15171604

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

tcaudilllg

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Tue Oct-04-11 01:01 PM
Response to Original message

1. Mr. Bahrain secured himself another year...

but the lights will go out sooner or later.

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

valerief

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Tue Oct-04-11 01:11 PM
Response to Original message

2. Our near future. nt

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

DU AdBot (1000+ posts)

Fri Apr 19th 2024, 10:04 PM
Response to Original message

Advertisements [?]

Top

Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com
Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators

Important Notices: By participating on this discussion board, visitors agree to abide by the rules outlined on our Rules page. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC.