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June 14, 2012

Bahrain Medics Convicted for Treating Protesters 
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A Bahrain appeals court has convicted nine medics who were part of an
original group of 20 sentenced last year for treating demonstrators
during anti-government protests. The former senior medic at Bahrain's
top hospital was sentenced to five years in prison while the eight
others received sentences ranging from one month to three years. Nine
other medics of the original 20 had their verdicts dismissed. The
prosecution of the medics and their torture while in custody has been
widely criticized. In a statement, the U.S.-based group Physicians for
Human Rights said: "It is a travesty of justice that the trials
continued and that the medics are now sentenced to jail time."

 

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