Bahrain upholds jail term for journalist

A protester holds a banner with a picture of photographer Ahmed Humaidan as he participates in an anti-government rally in Budaiya, west of Manama in this file picture.

A protester holds a banner with a picture of photographer Ahmed Humaidan as he participates in an anti-government rally in Budaiya, west of Manama in this file picture.

Published Aug 31, 2014

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Dubai - A Bahraini appeals court on Sunday upheld a 10-year-jail term against photojournalist Ahmed Humaidan, convicted of attacking a police station, a judicial source told AFP.

Human rights watchdogs say Humaidan was merely covering the Arab Spring-inspired pro-democracy protests that erupted among the Shiite majority in the Sunni minority-ruled Gulf kingdom in early 2011.

But the appeal judges confirmed the sentence handed down by a lower court on March 26. - Sapa-AFP

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