Bahrain - News photographer gets 10 years in jail

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders is outraged by the 10-year jail sentence that a Bahraini court passed today on Ahmed Humaidan, a well-known press photographer who has been held since December 2012 in connection with an alleged attack on police in Sitra on 8 April 2012. Humaidan was at the police station at the time, but was there just to take photos of the use of violence by the security forces “We condemn this shocking sentence and voice complete solidarity with this photographer and his (...)

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