Six Month Jail for Insulting Bahrain King on Twitter

Translation posted 1 November 2012 12:14 GMT · View original post [en]

Categories: Advocacy, Arrest and Harassment, Bahrain, Feature, Freedom of Expression, Law, Middle East & North Africa

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English	· Six Month Jail for Insulting Bahrain King on Twitter

One of four Twitter users, detained in Bahrain and reportedly charged with insulting the country's king, was sentenced to six months in prison today.

Bahraini lawyer Mohammed Abdulameer tweets [ar]:

@wastilawyeR: One of those accused of insulting the King of Bahrain was sentenced by the Criminal Court to six months imprisonment and the confiscation of his laptop and telephone, which were tools in his crime

Written by Amira Al Hussaini · Translated by Global Voices
Translation posted 1 November 2012 12:14 GMT ·

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