Wednesday, 22 June 2011

Bahrain protests flare after activists sentenced (AP)

FILE - In this Saturday, Feb. 26, 2011 file photo, journalists and well wishers follow Hassan Mushaima, a Bahraini Shiite opposition leader, at Bahrain International Airport in Muharraq, Bahrain. A court sentenced eight Shiite activists, including Hassan Mushaima, to life in prison Wednesday, June 22, 2011 and issued long jail terms for 13 others in the latest blow by authorities waging a crackdown against protesters seeking greater rights in the Gulf kingdom. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali, File)AP - Bahraini protesters poured back to the streets Wednesday after a security court sentenced eight Shiite activists to life in prison in the latest blow by the Western-backed kingdom to cripple the biggest Arab Spring opposition movement in the Gulf.



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