3-Year Prison Terms Handed down to 4 Bahraini Women and 2 Men for “Covering Up” for Wanted Persons

2018-02-21 - 7:23 p

Bahrain Mirror: The High Criminal Court in Bahrain sentenced on Wednesday (February 21, 2018) five members of the same family, including three sisters, to three years in prison in case involving "covering up" for wanted persons.

Activists said the first instance court had sentenced the sisters (Amal, Iman and Fatima Ali) as well as the husbands of two of them (Mohsen Al-A'li and Ali Al-Shagal) to three years in politically-motivated case on similar charges.

On a related note, a court sentenced another Bahraini national (Madina Ali) to three years' imprisonment, on charges of covering up for a wanted person as well.

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