More than two dozen medics accused of misdemeanors returned to court in Bahrain on Monday.
The case is one of two involving 24 doctors and 23 nurses and paramedics who are accused of working against the kingdom’s government during large protests earlier this year.
Prosecutors allege the accused refused to help patients at Salmaniya Medical Complex, the main hospital in Manama. Charges also include deadly assault, storing and funneling weapons to protesters, and effectively holding people hostage, according to Bahrain’s Information Affairs Authority. [read more]
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