Bahrain sentences football player to 10 years in jail
Lawyer says Al Oraibi was playing in a televised match when the November 2012 incident took place
Manama: The defence lawyer of a player for Bahrain’s national football team says his client has been sentenced along with eight others to 10 years in prison on charges of burning a police station.
Lawyer Mohammad Al Motawa says the nine were also found guilty of participating in an illegal gathering and possessing firebombs.
Al Motawa says 20-year-old Hakeem Al Oraibi was playing in a televised match when the November 2012 incident took place in which dozens of protesters attacked a police station in the capital, Manama. Al Oraibi was detained for four months after the attack.
Bahraini opposition groups are demanding greater rights from the government.
