Bahrain court sentences five to jail over anti-regime protests

‘A court in Bahrain has handed down prison sentences ranging from one to five years to five people for taking part in anti-regime demonstrations.
On Saturday, the Fourth High Criminal Court, presided by Judge Ali Zahrani, convicted three defendants to five years in jail and three others to one year behind bars each on charges of involvement in violence in the eastern village of Tubli, Arabic-language Bahrain Mirror news website reported.
The court found the quintet guilty of blocking a street in the village using two garbage bins, dousing scrap tires with petrol and setting them alight on November 14, 2015. The five men had then fled the scene, according to the tribunal.’
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