TEHRAN (FNA)- A Bahraini court jailed six opposition protesters for 10 years, alleging that they attempted to murder police officers.


The six were convicted of trying to kill police officers by throwing Molotov cocktails, of burning a police vehicle and taking part in an unauthorized protest, Al-Manar reported Tuesday.

A judicial source said that four of the six men convicted were minors.

Since September 29, 128 protestors have been handed sentences of up to life in prison for taking part in demonstrations, as regime forces have tried to crack down on the protest movement.

At least 89 people have been killed since the protests began, according to the International Federation for Human Rights.

Bahrainis have been staging demonstrations since mid-February 2011, calling for political reforms and a constitutional monarchy, a demand that later changed to an outright call for the ouster of the ruling Al Khalifa family following its brutal crackdown on popular protests.

Scores have been killed, many of them under torture, while in custody, and thousands more detained since the popular uprising in the kingdom.

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.

Protesters say they will continue to hold anti-regime demonstrations until their demand for the establishment of a democratically elected government and an end to rights violations are met.

By Fars News Agency�

 

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