Bahrain jails 'protest' medics

Bahrain’s special security court has sentenced a protester to death for killing a policeman, and jailed doctors and nurses who treated injured protesters during the uprising earlier this year, a lawyer said.

Bahrain’s special security court has sentenced a protester to death for killing a policeman, and jailed doctors and nurses who treated injured protesters during the uprising earlier this year, a lawyer said.

Mohsen al-Alawi said the tribunal, set up during Bahrain’s emergency rule, convicted and sentenced 13 medical professionals each to 15 years in prison.

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