Bahrain court sentences Shiite opposition figure to 2 years in prison
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A criminal court in Bahrain has sentenced a member of the Gulf Arab country's largest Shiite opposition group to two years in prison on charges related to his political activism.
The Shiite political group al-Wefaq said Wednesday that Majeed Milad was sentenced for a speech he gave in which he expressed his opinion about political reconciliation with the government. The statement did not provide further details. Criminal courts and state-owned media in Bahrain do not typically release details in such cases.
Milad, who was arrested July 1, once held a municipal-level post in the capital, Manama.
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Hundreds of opposition activists have been sentenced to prison in Bahrain since 2011, when protests broke out among the country's Shiite majority demanding greater political rights from the Sunni monarchy.