Bahrain: Further information: Health professionals’ sentences upheld

رقم الوثيقة: MDE 11/057/2012
تاريخ النشر: 1 أكتوبر 2012
التصنيفات: البحرين

On 1 October 2012, Bahrain’s Court of Cassation upheld the sentences against nine health professionals who challenged a Court of Appeals ruling. Six of them are at risk of being sent to prison at any time to serve their sentences. If jailed, they would be considered prisoners of conscience.