Bahrain’s highest court has rejected an appeal from 9 medics who were convicted by the government of aiding opposition protestors, during demonstrations last year.
The 9 are part of a larger group of 20 medics who were arrested during demonstrations, accused of possessing weapons, inciting to topple the state and illegally participating in protests.
Dr. Nada Dhaif was one of those arrested, who managed to get her sentence overturned. She said that,
"These charges, they absolutely have no base and no proof at all... These are all political verdicts against the doctors and medics in Bahrain in order to punish them for treating the patients."
Jane Kinninmont from Chatham House also commented,
"The opposition says that there are over 1,000 political prisoners... The government for its part says that there is not a single one." "One of the problems is that one year on from the Bahrain independent commission of inquiry, there is very little in the way of objective, reliable sources of information that are believed by both sides."
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