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Bahrain jails Shia cleric for 20 years
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Bahrain special security court has sentenced nine people to 20 years in prison on charges of kidnapping a policeman. Famous opposition Shia cleric, Mohammed Habib al-Saffaf, was among those accused. The court presided over by civil and military judges was set up under emergency laws implemented during a crackdown on Shia-led protests against the kingdom's Sunni authorities. Bbc.co.uk.