You turn to us for voices you won't hear anywhere else.

Sign up for Democracy Now!'s Daily Digest to get our latest headlines and stories delivered to your inbox every day.

Bahrain Protesters Sentenced to Death

HeadlineApr 28, 2011

In Bahrain, four pro-democracy protesters have been sentenced to death and three to life in prison for their alleged roles in the killing of two police officers during rallies last month. All seven were tried in secret. The verdicts are the first to come out of the Bahrain popular uprising since it began in February.

The original content of this program is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. Please attribute legal copies of this work to democracynow.org. Some of the work(s) that this program incorporates, however, may be separately licensed. For further information or additional permissions, contact us.

Non-commercial news needs your support

We rely on contributions from our viewers and listeners to do our work.
Please do your part today.
Make a donation
Top