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Court Sentences Colonel Al-Zayani to Two Years in Jail over Charge of Insulting Judiciary
2021-07-09 - 12:47 am
Bahrain Mirror: The minor criminal sentenced retired colonel Mohammad Al-Zayani to a two-year jail term with the execution of the sentence over charge of insulting the judiciary.
The public prosecution said it investigated Al-Zayani after the Supreme Judicial Council asked it to investigate him and launch a criminal lawsuit against him after publishing a recording in which he insulted the judicial authority.
The authorities summoned Al-Zayani on June 23 to investigate him after he spoke about corruption in the judiciary on his Instagram account and decided to arrest him pending investigation.
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