Emir of Bahrain pardons al-Jamri

Originally published July 9, 1999

Bahraini Emir Sheikh Hamad Bin Issa al-Khaleifa on Thursday enacted a law pardoning Sheikh Abdul Ameer al-Jamri, who was on Wednesday sentenced to ten years imprisonment after he was convicted by the high court of appeal of accusations addressed to him of spying for a foreign state and provoking riots and acts of violence.

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