Bahrain halts legal proceedings against protesting sportspeople
Sentenced to prison: National goalkeeper Ali Said
By James M. Dorsey
Bahrain has halted legal proceedings against more than a hundred predominantly Shiite Muslim athletes and sports officials accused of having participated in anti-government protests early this year.
The state-run Bahrain News Agency said the charges that included illegal assembly, incitin…
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