Bahrain jails 18 men for forming Iran-backed cell February 1, 2021 at 3:24 pm | Published in: Bahrain, Iran, Middle East, News
Bahraini men hold up a national flag [MOHAMMED AL-SHAIKH/AFP via Getty Images] February 1, 2021 at 3:24 pm
Bahrain s High Criminal Court jailed 18 men yesterday for being part of an alleged Iranian-supported terrorist cell.
According to
Akhbar Al-Khaleej, the convicts, all Bahraini citizens were sentenced between five years and life imprisonment having been charged with seeking to carry out terrorist operations in Bahrain on behalf of Iran s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). They were also convicted of receiving training abroad and possessing explosives since 2017.
Eight of the defendants, aged between 17 and 37, were handed life sentences, two received 15-year terms and a further two were given ten years in jail. Five men were jailed for five years and one was jailed for seven years.
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Egypt refutes collective punishment rumours
Dec 22, 2020
Speaking to
MENA
on condition of anonymity a prison official says despite frequent reports by international rights groups about the torment and abuse of prisoners, Egyptian authorities repeatedly deny the claims.
“Such claims are baseless and banned Muslim Brotherhood members and supporters seek to spread such rumours to destabilize public opinion,”
The deputy Middle East and North Africa director at Human Rights Watch Joe Stork says Egyptian security agencies completely deprive inmates of adequate ventilation, electricity and hot water.
“The Egyptian authorities are apparently imposing collective punishment on hundreds of inmates in Scorpion Prison, after cutting them off from the world for almost three years,”