(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - The public prosecutor has decided to "release several detainees ... until the (civilian) court looks into their cases," including "two former MPs and a lawyer," BNA reported.
The two former MPs from Bahrain's largest Shia formation, the Islamic National Accord Association (Al-Wefaq), Matar Matar and Jawad Fayrouz, were arrested in early May.
The men were being tried by a national safety court for having allegedly called for regime change and spreading rumors linked to the pro-democracy protests.
Bahrain had declared a State of National Safety, a lower degree of emergency, on March 16, a day before security forces crushed month-long street protests demanding democratic reforms. On June 1, King Hamad announced a lifting of the state of emergency and all cases were referred to civilian courts.
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