A Bahraini special court on Monday jailed 36 Shias for up to 25 years each in three separate cases related to month-long democracy protests in the Gulf kingdom, a military prosecutor said. Fourteen were sentenced to life, or 25 years in prison, after being convicted of beating to death a Pakistani “with a terrorist aim”, as well as “assembling for riots”, the prosecutor Yusof Fleifel said, quoted by BNA state news agency.
Another 15 were sentenced to 15 years in jail after being found guilty of attempting to murder military personnel, in addition to taking part in protests and vandalism at Bahrain University in Manama, it said. The third case involved seven university students, six of whom were jailed 15 years, while another was sentenced to 18 years, over charges including attempted murder targeting several people at the university.
The students had been charged with “holding people hostage in building S20 and setting it on fire with the aim of killing those in the upper floor” in addition to damaging the building and stealing computers, it said.
The way the story has been flashed makes one feel that even the Saudis are financing a new paper like Pakistan Today??
Furthermore what is missed is the context of that tension and act. Pakistanis have been a willing mercenary ( a role that in the end has not won any applause for the country or the individuals).
The same story has been posted elsewhere but all have pointed towards the legal and Human rights side.
Responsible reporting begins from such big media houses as the ones owned by Nizamis of Sangla HIll.
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