Showing posts with label criminal court. Show all posts
Showing posts with label criminal court. Show all posts

Wednesday, 3 July 2013

Bahrain student sentenced for insulting king



A lower criminal court in Bahrain, headed by a member of the ruling family, has sentenced a 17-year-old boy to a year in jail for insulting the Gulf island's king on Twitter.

The Bahrain Centre for Human Rights (BCHR) on Saturday said Ali Al Shofa was arrested in a house raid at dawn on 12 March 2013. He spent two months in jail while under investigation.