{"id":18823,"date":"2013-10-28T15:22:36","date_gmt":"2013-10-28T21:22:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/?p=18823"},"modified":"2013-10-28T15:22:36","modified_gmt":"2013-10-28T21:22:36","slug":"bahrain-courts-of-injustice-reduce-sentence-for-police-guilty-of-torture-and-murder-of-publicist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/?p=18823","title":{"rendered":"Bahrain Courts of Injustice Reduce Sentence for Police Guilty of Torture and Murder, of Publicist"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bahrain cuts jail terms of two policemen who tortured protester to death<\/strong>
\n27 October, 2013 – Al Akhbar<\/p>\n

Bahrain’s appeals court on Sunday cut the jail terms of two policemen convicted of torturing to death a protester after a 2011 crackdown on anti-government demonstrations, a judicial source said.<\/p>\n

The court reduced the terms of the men from seven years to three after a lower court had convicted them in December over Abdul Karim Fakhrawi’s killing in custody in April 2011.<\/p>\n

Fakhrawi was a publisher and had co-founded Al-Wasat daily, which the authorities closed following the crackdown on protests over two years ago.<\/p>\n

A number of policemen are facing trials over claims of killing protesters or torturing detainees after a wave of arrests that targeted members of the Shiite majority.<\/p>\n

On Monday, a court in US-backed kingdom decreased the jail term of a policeman convicted of shooting dead a protester in February 2011 from seven years to three.<\/p>\n

The authorities say they are implementing the recommendations of an independent commission of inquiry that confirmed allegations the security forces had used excessive force during the uprising.<\/p>\n

At least 89 people have been killed by police since the protests began two and a half years ago, according to the International Federation for Human Rights. …more<\/a><\/p>\n

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