Bahrain regime sentences 11 protesters to life imprisonment & revokes two citizenships

A Bahraini court sentenced on Thursday, April 28, dissidents to life-imprisonment over alleged charges of “acquiring explosives” and stripped a number of defendants of their Bahraini citizenship.

A Bahraini court sentenced on Thursday, April 28, dissidents to life-imprisonment over alleged charges of “acquiring explosives” and stripped a number of defendants of their Bahraini citizenship.

The Public Prosecution said that the fourth criminal court sentenced eight protesters to life-imprisonment, one to one year in prison and 20 others to five and revoked the citizenships of two defendants.

The court also handed down a life-imprisonment sentence to three defendants and a 3-year term to two others, also fining each one of them 500 BD over “acquiring and manufacturing explosives”.

The prosecution said it relied on hearsay and technical evidence, including the attesting witnesses’ testimonies (police officers).

International organizations including Human Rights Watch accuse Bahrain of using torture to force protesters into making confessions that incriminate them before the courts.