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September 4, 2012

Bahrain Court Upholds Convictions of Opposition Activists 
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An appeals court in Bahrain has upheld the convictions of 20 activists
on allegations of plotting to overthrow the U.S.-backed regime. The
activists were sentenced by a military court last year, eight of them to
life behind bars. The ruling comes days after tens of thousands of
people rallied against the monarchy in the country's first authorized
demonstration in over a month. Protesters held up the pictures of a
number of jailed Bahraini activists, including the Bahrain Center for
Human Rights' Nabeel Rajab, recently sentenced to three years in prison.

 

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