Ibrahim Karimi Sentenced to 2 Years in Prison for Running Twitter Account

2016-12-21 - 10:05 p

Bahrain Mirror: Bahrain's Cassation Court upheld a verdict ruling the 2 year and 1 month imprisonment against activist Ibrahim Karimi, for running an account on Twitter.

Karimi was charged with running the Twitter page, and convicted him of "inciting hatred against the regime, insulting a sister state, and possessing a Taser, and was also fined by 2100 dinars".

Karimi had denied running the account, confirming he only follows it.

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