PressTVGlobalNews on Jun 14, 2011
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20 year old Ayat al-Ghermezi has been reportedly tortured and sentenced to one year imprisonment for reading a poem in public that criticized the Bahrain sheikhdom.
Press TV talks with Rodney Shakespeare, Chairman of the Committee against torture in Bahrain from London about his reaction to this latest of many illegal judicial proceedings in Bahrain.
‘Bahrain regime punishes for nothing’
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Bahrainis trialed despite no martial law
PressTVGlobalNews on Jun 13, 2011
Thirty-three people have faced military court hearings in Bahrain despite the lifting of the martial law by the Al Khalifa regime earlier this year.
The defendants are facing charges including trying to topple the Bahraini government. Those facing charges are two former lawmakers, Jawad Firouz and Matar Matar, along with a female poet.
Press TV interviews Saeed al-Shahabi, a Bahraini opposition leader in London, as he shares his views on the Bahraini Prime Minister’s trip to the United States, and the current situation taking place in the Middle Eastern country.
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