Tuesday, Highest appeals court of Bahrain ordered the retrial of opposition activist Abdullah Al- Khawaja,who has been on hunger strike since 8,February and other discordant, attorney said.
Mohammed Al- Jishy told “ The court accepted the appeal and ordered a trail in the court of appeal “a civil court.
Mr. Jishy also said “we were expecting the verdict would be annulled but the decision will give us an opportunity to defend our clients,” He adding that no date has yet been set for the new trail.
Terms of prison were handed down for Abdullah Al- Khawaja and twenty other mostly activists of Shia after they were pronounced guilty in June last year of plotting to defeat its Sunni rulers.
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