Bahrain medics' retrial adjourned

The 20 Bahraini medics on trial for allegedly inciting anti-government protests during the kingdom's bout with the Arab Spring will have their retrial adjourned until January 9.

The doctors, nurses, and paramedics were initially tried and convicted in the military-run National Safety Court on September 28 on a number of charges, including incitement to overthrow the government.

They were given sentences ranging from five to 15 years each.

However, the prosecution dropped confessions taken under duress and introduced new evidence against the defendants - necessitating a new trial.

Al Jazeera's Mohamed Vall reports from Manama.

Read the article: http://aje.me/s8TCEw

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[HowYaDoingMon]

Bunch of barbarians. Doctors have the responsibility to save all lives, regardless of the differences. That is the most fundamental of all. All doctors, before receiving the license, must swear to uphold this responsibility.

[TheEsotericDesi]

Arab Nomads now called "Kings" are illiterate fuckheads...

[MsIndependent1478]

Wait a min now. Did they find scew drivers, swords, hammer...what else??..in hospitals?? aaaaaammmmmmm Did they find also syringes, knives, gloves, plasters etc too?? They must have found those so called weapons in the ganitors room. Wahhahahah, sorry i can't stop laughing.

[jason0998]

That dentist nada dhaif needs to shut her ass up

[Totallydistortedfilm]

Screw drivers?

[KhmerD0g]

The court is appointed by the ruler of Brahrain. They will be the judge, jury and executioner.

[whenindoubtdo]

@HowYaDoingMon Dude. I know you're an anti-Gaddafi and saw through Gaddafi's propaganda. So don't end up falling for this.

[whenindoubtdo]

A pile of Ak-47's and swords as surprise evidence? That trial looks pretty fishy. :)

Glad that this was covered somewhere.

[Driv3ItLikeUStoleIt]

I don't think they will say it's ours anyway so calm down people.

[GoldenZealot21]

Why is there news about 20 medics when 100s were murdered? Why doesn't the US bomb Bahrain to hell like they did with Libya? I guess that has to do with Bahrain being a loyal bitch :). Saudi Arabia has the worst humans rights track in the world with their "holy" sharia, but the US won't touch one of its good dogs, not to mention that the US doesn't in reality care about human right violations (only uses it as an excuse for war).

Hehe those gulf arab royals are cavemen that never developed.

[DrSaAy]

@HowYaDoingMon It is funny how stupid you sound. You think that people don't know what actually happened in the hospitals ? There are videos out there showing it, you can search it yourself. Attempting to taint the revolution in Bahrain is not going to work. Justice will prevail and the stupid fuckhead dictators WILL BE ousted .

[1237amood]

DOWN DOWN HAMAD THE BASTARD CRIMINAL BITCH , HE IS A KILLER BRUTAL BARBARIC KING HE HAS TO BE BROUGHT TO JUSTICE. THESE POOR DOCTORS WHO WHERE JUST DOING THERE JOB AND WHERE WITNESSES ON THE BRUTALITY OF THE GOVERNMENT ARE BEING PUNISHED JUST FOR THAT REASON