Two Individuals Sentenced in Virginia for Roles in Matching Charitable Funds Fraud Scheme

30 September 2011 – The United Nations human rights office today voiced concern at what it called the harsh sentences handed down this week by a court in Bahrain to 20 medical staff, two leaders of a teachers’ association and at least 32 other individuals as a result of pro-democracy protests earlier this year. The sentences range from three years’ imprisonment to the death penalty, Rupert Colville, spokesperson for the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), told a news .... [More]