Bahraini attorney general charges 169 anti-regime activists with terrorism

Bahrain’s attorney general says officials have charged nearly 170 Shia activists with terrorism offenses as the ruling Al Khalifah regime presses ahead with its heavy-handed clampdown on Shia  pro-democracy activists in the tiny Gulf kingdom.

Bahrain’s attorney general says officials have charged nearly 170 Shia activists with terrorism offenses as the ruling Al Khalifah regime presses ahead with its heavy-handed clampdown on Shia  pro-democracy activists in the tiny Gulf kingdom.

Ahmad al-Hamadi said 169 people, 111 of whom are in custody, will be tried for forming a terrorist organization.

Hamadi added that the Public Prosecution had received a report from the Criminal Investigation Directorate (CID) regarding the formation of the group inside Bahrain.

He further noted that the defendants will be put on trial by the Fourth High Criminal Court on October 3.

Thousands of anti-regime protesters have held demonstrations in Bahrain on an almost daily basis ever since a popular uprising began in the country in mid-February 2011.