Bahrain: Fresh Protests across Country, 13 More Sentenced to Jail
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Anti-regime protesters took to the streets of Bahrain despite the ongoing brutal crackdown on popular demonstration by the ruling US-backed kingdom.
Protest rallies were held in Daih, Dair, Barbar, Mahza, Ma'ameer and Sitra late on Tuesday, sources reported.
Protesters chanted slogans against Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, vowing to continue anti-regime rallies until their demands for change in the tiny Persian Gulf monarchy are met.
Meanwhile, the US-backed Bahraini regime has sentenced 13 more people, including a Kuwait-born Canadian citizen, to jail terms for alleged involvement in anti-government protests that have been sweeping the country since the beginning of the uprising in February.
According to the Associated Press, a defense attorney in the Persian Gulf kingdom announced on Tuesday that a civilian court sentenced Canadian Nasser al-Ras to five years in prison on charges of participating in anti-regime demonstrations.
The lawyer, Mohsen Al-Alawi, added that jail terms were also handed down to the son and son-in-law of prominent human rights activist Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, a dual Bahraini-Danish citizen, who has already been sentenced to life in prison.
The civilian court also sentenced ten other people for joining the popular movement against the despotic regime of King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa.
Since mid-February, thousands of anti-government protesters have been staging regular demonstrations in Bahrain, calling for the US-backed Al Khalifa royal family to relinquish power. Bahrain was supported in the crackdown by troops fom Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
According to local sources, scores of people have been killed and hundreds arrested in the crackdown.
Anti-regime protesters took to the streets of Bahrain despite the ongoing brutal crackdown on popular demonstration by the ruling US-backed kingdom.
Protest rallies were held in Daih, Dair, Barbar, Mahza, Ma'ameer and Sitra late on Tuesday, sources reported.
Protesters chanted slogans against Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, vowing to continue anti-regime rallies until their demands for change in the tiny Persian Gulf monarchy are met.
Meanwhile, the US-backed Bahraini regime has sentenced 13 more people, including a Kuwait-born Canadian citizen, to jail terms for alleged involvement in anti-government protests that have been sweeping the country since the beginning of the uprising in February.
According to the Associated Press, a defense attorney in the Persian Gulf kingdom announced on Tuesday that a civilian court sentenced Canadian Nasser al-Ras to five years in prison on charges of participating in anti-regime demonstrations.
The lawyer, Mohsen Al-Alawi, added that jail terms were also handed down to the son and son-in-law of prominent human rights activist Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, a dual Bahraini-Danish citizen, who has already been sentenced to life in prison.
The civilian court also sentenced ten other people for joining the popular movement against the despotic regime of King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa.
Since mid-February, thousands of anti-government protesters have been staging regular demonstrations in Bahrain, calling for the US-backed Al Khalifa royal family to relinquish power. Bahrain was supported in the crackdown by troops fom Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
According to local sources, scores of people have been killed and hundreds arrested in the crackdown.
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