A YEAR IN PRISON FOR 'INSULTING THE KING'
Ahmad Hassan ‘Ali Mshaima’ was sentenced on 9 December by a Lower
Criminal Court to one year in prison for publicly insulting the King of
Bahrain, under article 214 of the Bahraini Penal code, which
criminalizes insulting the ruler of the country. He had been charged
after reading a poem on 1 November during a religious festival
commemorating Ashura in al-Muharraq island, north-east of Manama, which
cites growing injustice in Bahrain and describes the ruler as an unjust
ruler who breaks promises and sheds blood.
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