A military court in Bahrain has sentenced four protesters to one year in prison for taking part in anti-government protests in the Persian Gulf sheikhdom, a human rights group says.
The Bahrain Youth Society for Human Rights said on Wednesday that in a series of closed-door trials in Bahrain's military courts, three of the four defendants were convicted a day earlier on charges of participating in anti-government protests, the Associated Press reported.
The fourth Bahraini protester was ruled guilty on Wednesday for possessing pamphlets calling for the overthrow of the country's ruling system.
The rights group has also raised concerns about a 15-year-old boy being tried in the same court. He faces charges of rioting and gathering in a group of more than five people without authorization.
Meanwhile, regime forces raided a women's salon in the Bahraini island of Sitra on Wednesday.
In Diraz, one Bahraini person was also arrested by regime forces after being dragged out of his house.
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