Top Bahraini court upholds death sentence against anti-regime activist

Supreme court in Bahrain of appeals has upheld a death sentence against an activist as the ruling minority Aal-e Khalifah regime presses ahead with its heavy clampdown on political dissidents and pro-democracy activists in the tiny Persian Gulf island State.

On Monday, the Court of Cassation found defendant Hussein Marzouq guilty of involvement in the 2016 bombing in the eastern village of Sitra, located five kilometers south of the capital Manama, which targeted regime forces.

Bahraini authorities said at the time that a woman lost her life and her three children sustained injuries in the incident.

The court also handed down a life sentence to the second defendant and gave lengthy jail terms to six others. All eight had their Bahraini citizenship revoked as well.

Thousands of anti-regime protesters have held demonstrations in Bahrain on an almost daily basis ever since a popular uprising began in the country in mid-February 2011.

Scores of people have been martyred and hundreds of others sustained injuries or got arrested as a result of the Aal-e Khalifah regime’s crackdown.

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