#Bahrain charges 11 with 15-year sentences for “bomb-making”
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A Bahraini protester holds a petrol bomb as he runs for cover from tear gas fired by riot police during clashes following the funeral of a Bahraini man Jawad Ahmed Al-Haawi on March 18, 2014, in the village of Sitra, south of Manama. (Photo: AFP - Mohammed al-Shaikh)
A Bahrain court handed 15-year jail sentences to 11 defendants after convicting them of “manufacturing bombs for terror purposes”, the official BNA news agency reported. The High Criminal Court jailed another defendant for five years on similar charges at Tuesday’s hearing, BNA quoted prosecutor Nawaf al-Awadhi as saying in a statement. Bahrain, home to the US Fifth Fleet, remains deeply divided three years after a quashed uprising, with persistent protests sparking clashes with police, scores (...)