Bahrain Protests
A court in
Bahrain has sentenced 20 medics accused of plotting to overthrow the government
by treating protesters to up to 15 years in prison.
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| The medics and other suspects have been tried by a special security court |
The medics
had been released on bail after a hunger strike to support them.
They
treated people injured when a protest movement calling for more rights for the
country's Shia majority in the Sunni-ruled kingdom was crushed.
The
Bahraini doctors and nurses were sentenced to between five and 15 years in
prison on charges that include inciting the overthrow of the government and
provoking sectarian hatred.
Human
rights activists say they were only doing their duty.
A wave of
mostly peaceful protests swept the country in February and March, but they were
put down by force by the government, which called in troops from neighbouring
Gulf states.
On Wednesday,
a military court in Bahrain upheld life sentences for eight Shia activists
convicted over their alleged role in protests.
It also
upheld sentences of up to 15 years on 13 other activists.
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