Monday 1 October 2012

Top Bahrain court confirms jail terms on protesting medics: BNA

Senior orthopaedic surgeon Ali al-Ekry flashes a victory sign after hearing the verdict in his trial announced by a court in Manama DUBAI (Reuters) - Bahrain's top court confirmed on Monday jail sentences issued against nine doctors for their role in last year's pro-democracy uprising, state news agency BNA reported. BNA quoted Attorney General Abdul-Rahman al-Sayed as saying Bahrain's Court of Cassation has rejected all appeals presented by the defendants and confirmed the previous verdicts of prison terms of up to five years. In June, the appeals court gave Ali al-Ekry, former senior medic at the Salmaniya hospital in Manama, a five-year sentence and eight others sentences ranging from one month to three years. ...




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