A court in Bahrain on Tuesday jailed 36 Shias convicted of forming a “terrorist” group to attack police, and stripped them of their citizenship, a judicial source said. Three of those sentenced received life terms, while the rest were jailed for between three and 10 years, the source said. Hundreds of Bahrainis have been arrested and several high-profile figures, including Shiite clerics, stripped of citizenship. The rights group said that at least 24 have since been charged with “illegally gathering”. Amnesty said those summoned included lawyers, rights and political activists and relatives of “victims of human rights violations”.

Source: Hindustan Times April 26, 2017 13:18 UTC