Bahraini punished for ‘insulting’ judicial authority

TDT | Manama

The Daily Tribune – www.newsofbahrain.com

The Lower Criminal Court sentenced a Bahraini man to two years in prison for insulting the judicial authority on social media platforms.

The Public Prosecution revealed earlier that it had received an official request from the judicial authority to criminally investigate the defendant after he published a video on social media and it included insults against the judicial authority. As a result, he was summoned up and was questioned.

The accused admitted to sharing the video but denied he intended to insult the judicial authority. He said that his aim was to raise awareness of cases published in newspapers. “The defendant had been accustomed to inappropriately comments on verdicts issued by courts. He published videos on his social media accounts that included insults said inside courtrooms.

He also deliberately hurled false accusations against the authority,” the Public Prosecution said in their closing argument.