Fourteen were sentenced to life, or 25 years, in prison after being convicted of beating to death a Pakistani "with a terrorist aim", as well as "assembling for riots", the prosecutor Yusof Fleifel said, quoted by BNA state news agency.
Another 15 were sentenced to 15 years in jail after convicting them of attempting to murder military personnel, in addition to taking part in protests and vandalism at the Bahrain University in Manama, it said.
The third case involved seven university students, six of whom were jailed 15 years, while another was sentenced to 18 years, over charges including attempted murder targeting several people at the university.
Bahrain's Sunni Muslim rulers quashed the protests in March, with the help of troops from fellow Sunni neighbours Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. At least 30 people were killed, hundreds wounded and more than 1,000 detained – mostly Shias – in the crackdown.
Pakistani national Abdulmalik Ghulam Rasool – killed in March – was assaulted with wooden planks and metal bars as he left his home in Manama, BNA said, adding that the 14 were also charged with intending to cause riots and commit other crimes.
Those jailed in all three cases were convicted for "spreading terror", BNA said.
The court rejected requests by lawyers in the three cases for an independent medical committee to investigate allegations that the defendants had been tortured, Mattar Mattar, a member of the largest Shia opposition group Wefaq, told Reuters.
"The lawyers said that a lot of the detainees were forced to give confessions," he said. "This brings the focus on the importance of having a progressive and independent judiciary system in Bahrain."
The United Nations said on Friday that sentences handed down to 20 Bahraini doctors followed flawed trials that failed to meet international standards of transparency and due process. Bahrain faces almost daily protests by Shias, angry over a crackdown in which thousands lost their jobs and over government reform plans that fall short of giving the Gulf state's elected parliament full legislative powers.
Last week a military appeals court upheld life sentences for eight of 21 opposition leaders, rights activists and online activists accused of leading the uprising earlier this year.
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There is difference for this you have to study and the off shoot thing is right.
@punjabi: Wats the difference between shia and alawite??? Alawite are offshoot of shia.........no difference at all...................
@Shoaib Khan,
Iran implored Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to listen to the 'legitimate demands' of protesters, warning that a failure to do so could lead to the regime's collapse and broader regional turmoil.
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/terrorism-security/2011/0829/Even-Iran-Syria-s-best-friend-urges-Assad-to-ease-crackdown
@shoiab...you are totally worng Syria rulers are not shias. In Pakistam, Shias are more than 25% and ministers in Pakistan are elected by the common people on the ideology of their parties and not on their faith.... In Bahrain, 70 percent of population is Shia but the rulers are oppressing them... Bahrain rulers are doing the same thing which the cruel Saddam was doing... i pray that same thing happens to Bahrain rulers which happened to cruel Saddam
@shoaib khan: well shoib u are wrong,plzz check ur facts before making outlandish statements,asad regime of syria is alawite not shia.
Down with these pathetic rulers of the Arab lands who have harmed the cause of Islam the most. Down with the the despotic Saudi and Bahraini regime; pathetic hateful people they are.
the sacrifices will not go vain.... the wind of change is soon to envelope the Khalifa regime alongwith his Saudi and American sponsors. God be with citizens of Bahrain.
I feel sorry for the Shias in Bahrain :(