TEHRAN (FNA)- An Appeals Court in Bahrain upheld 15 year sentences that had been handed to 28 defendants in an "attempted murder" case.Three other defendants in the same case had their sentences reduced to 7 years, Alwefaq.net reported Monday.
However, the defendants had told their lawyers that they had been mistreated and assaulted in a way that would not leave marks or bruises on their bodies.
On the other hand, the Bahraini courts had in many cases either acquitted or reduced sentences of security officials accused of "murder" of protesters or detainees in the political unrest.
The unbalanced rulings highlight the Bahraini Judiciarys travesty of justice.
Since mid-February 2011, thousands of pro-democracy protesters have staged numerous demonstrations in the streets of Bahrain, calling for the Al Khalifa royal family to relinquish power.
On March 14, 2011, troops from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates invaded the country to assist the Bahraini government in its crackdown on the peaceful protesters.
According to local sources, scores of people have been killed and hundreds arrested.
Physicians for Human Rights says doctors and nurses have been detained, tortured, or disappeared because they have "evidence of atrocities committed by the authorities, security forces, and riot police" in the crackdown on anti-government protesters.
By Fars News Agency
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