{"id":7350,"date":"2019-04-17T12:21:31","date_gmt":"2019-04-17T12:21:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/7350-bahraini-courts-give-prison-sentences-to-139-more-activists\/"},"modified":"2019-04-17T12:21:31","modified_gmt":"2019-04-17T12:21:31","slug":"bahraini-courts-give-prison-sentences-to-139-more-activists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/7350-bahraini-courts-give-prison-sentences-to-139-more-activists\/","title":{"rendered":"Bahraini courts give prison sentences to 139 more activists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Bahraini court has handed down prison sentences to 139 activists and stripped almost all of them of their nationality in a mass trial, which was quickly denounced by rights groups as a tool of repression in the hands of the ruling Al Khalifah regime against dissidents.<\/p>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 12.16px;\">A Bahraini court has handed down prison sentences to 139 activists and stripped almost all of them of their nationality in a mass trial, which was quickly denounced by rights groups as a tool of repression in the hands of the ruling Al Khalifah regime against dissidents.<\/p>\n<p>The High Criminal Court gave the men jail terms from three years to life in prison, Bahrain\u2019s public prosecutor said Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>He said 69 of the defendants were given life sentences, while 39 others received 10 years in jail each. 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