{"id":6680,"date":"2018-11-15T18:25:41","date_gmt":"2018-11-15T18:25:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/6680-bahraini-courts-issued-death-sentences-for-32-anti-regime-activists-since-2011\/"},"modified":"2018-11-15T18:25:41","modified_gmt":"2018-11-15T18:25:41","slug":"bahraini-courts-issued-death-sentences-for-32-anti-regime-activists-since-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/6680-bahraini-courts-issued-death-sentences-for-32-anti-regime-activists-since-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"Bahraini courts issued death sentences for 32 anti-regime activists since 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) has condemned the kingdom\u2019s persistence on passing death sentences against Shia activists, calling the practice an \u201cinhuman punishment\u201d as the ruling Al Khalifah regime presses ahead with its heavy clampdown on political dissidents and pro-democracy activists in the kingdom.<\/p>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4>The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) has condemned the kingdom\u2019s persistence on passing death sentences against Shia activists, calling the practice an \u201cinhuman punishment\u201d as the ruling Al Khalifah regime presses ahead with its heavy clampdown on political dissidents and pro-democracy activists in the kingdom.<\/h4>\n<h4>The center, in a statement released on Tuesday, announced that law courts have issued death sentences against 32 Shia figures since 2011, of which three have been carried out, seven have been comminuted to life imprisonment and two others been appealed.<\/h4>\n<h4>\u201cAll these verdicts have been pronounced following unfair trials, and therefore do not comply with the guarantees of fair trials. 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