Court Upholds 10-Year Jail Term, Citizenship Revocation against Suspect in Political Case

2019-05-30 - 8:15 p

Bahrain Mirror: The High Criminal Appeals Court upheld a 10-year jail term, citizenship revocation and 100.000 fine against a suspect in a political case.

The authorities accuse the suspect of training on the use of arms in Iraq with his cousin's help and transferring money for people inside Bahrain.

The suspect admitted that he transferred money to families of detainees and wanted in political cases. He also confessed that he received training in Iraq in 2015, 2016 and 2017.

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