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– Bahrain court sentences parents of extrajudicially killed protesters to jail (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News February 6, 2017

Their sons were killed during the pro-democracy protests in 2011. One mother was sentenced to one year in prison and two fathers were sentenced to three years in prison on charges of 'illegal assembly' and 'insulting the king'.
Source: MEDIA FEED

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