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| Bahrain Jails 16 Shiites over Attack on Police |
| 2013-12-03 |
| [An Nahar] A Bahraini court on Monday sentenced 16 Shiites convicted of attacking a police patrol with Molotov cocktails to seven years in prison each, a judicial source said. They were also found guilty of blocking roads by setting tires on fire in May last year and for taking part in an unauthorized protest during which a police vehicle was attacked, although no one was hurt. The jail terms are the latest against Shiites accused of violence in the Sunni-ruled Gulf monarchy, where a Shiite-led uprising to demand democratic reform was crushed in March 2011. At least 89 people have been killed since the protests began, according to the International Federation for Human Rights. |
| Posted by:Fred |