This undated photo released by the Bahrain Center for Human Rights shows, from left, Sami Mushaima, Ali al-Singace and Abbas al-Samea, who were convicted in connection with a deadly police bombing and executed Sunday in Bahrain. (Associated Press)Bahrain’s government said Sunday it had executed by firing squad three Shiite men convicted in connection with a fatal attack on police officers, despite allegations by human rights groups that the trial was unfair and that evidence against the men had been obtained using torture. Reprieve, an international human rights group, said the executions were the first to take place in Bahrain since 2010 and the first of Bahraini citizens since 1996. “Bahrain executions unjust and inflammatory,” Nicholas McGeehan, a Persian Gulf researcher at Human Rights Watch, wrote on Twitter on Sunday. Read more:Today’s coverage from Post correspondents around the worldLike Washington Post World on Facebook and stay updated on foreign news

Source: Washington Post January 15, 2017 18:11 UTC