Bahrain: Further information: Health professionals’ sentences upheld

Index Number: MDE 11/057/2012
Date Published: 1 October 2012
Categories: Bahrain

On 1 October 2012, Bahrain’s Court of Cassation upheld the sentences against nine health professionals who challenged a Court of Appeals ruling. Six of them are at risk of being sent to prison at any time to serve their sentences. If jailed, they would be considered prisoners of conscience.