Bahrain medics jailed for treating protesters to get retrial

Twenty medical personnel were given sentences ranging from five to 15 years for treating injured protesters Bahrain’s attorney general has ordered a civilian court retrial for 20 medical personnel sentenced to prison as alleged backers of anti-government protests. A statement on Wednesday by Bahrain’s government apparently nullifies the verdicts earlier this week from a special security court against the doctors and nurses, who received sentences ranging from five to 15 years for treating injured protesters. The case brought an outcry from rights groups and raised questions from the UN secretary general. Bahrain has been gripped by nearly eight months of unrest by Shia-led protests seeking greater rights from the ruling Sunni monarchy. Bahrain Middle East Arab and Middle East unrest guardian.co.uk

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