The regime’s lawless courts have upheld a 3-years’ imprisonment sentence for a young man for a charge that is a dangerous precedent in Bahrain and the Arab world “burning the Zionist flag in support of the Palestinian cause.”
Al-Bilad Newspaper, owned by the son of Khalifa bin Salman, posted a headline, ” claiming that burning wood and blocking streets is a victory for the Palestinian cause … A 3-years’ imprisonment for a man who burned the Israeli flag.”
The Newspaper mentioned that the young man admitted taking part in the incident at the instigation of another young man who had already been convicted.
He agreed with other unknown people, about 10 people, to meet Al-Badiaa` Street at night, to support the Palestinian cause, so they went there, putting masks, carrying with them wood, petrol, a chair, and the Israeli flag, and then blocked the street at the entrance to the Abu Sa`ba’a area with wood, poured oil and set fire in order to prevent the security forces from reaching them, according to their claim.
In a second paragraph, it said that the Public Prosecution Office had accused them of igniting a fire that would endanger the lives of people and their money, according to its expression, in addition to the charge of gathering and other charges.
The result was that he was sentenced to 3 years in prison, and he appealed the ruling, but it was denied, and the illegitimate courts upheld the charge, which is a breakthrough made Al-Khalifa regime that seeks to improve ties with the Zionist entity.
