Human rights groups rap Bahrain for jailing activists

Several human rights groups have denounced the Bahraini regime for jailing more activists and continued suppressing of dissident voices.

Several human rights groups have denounced the Bahraini regime for jailing more activists and continued suppressing of dissident voices.

The human rights groups have expressed severe concern over the recent sentencing of human rights activist Mohammed Al-Maskati and other similar verdicts.

On December 31, Maskati was sentenced to six-months in jail for participating in what Manama regards as illegal protests.

During the same trial another human rights activist, Nader Abdel-Imam, was also sentenced to six months in jail, which will be added to his previous jail term for publishing a post on a social media website.

The rights groups urged the European Union, United Nations and Western allies of the Bahraini regime to pressure Al Khalifa into releasing the activists.