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Bahrain court cuts protest medics' jail terms

Appeals court quashes 9 medics' convictions and reduces sentences for 9 others

Bahrain: Medics who aided pro-democracy protesters face jail time

Medics were arrested for aiding protestors during last year's pro-democracy uprising. They lost their final appeal on Monday, and now face jail time.

Doctors and nurses gather outside Salmaniya medical complex before marching towards Pearl Square in the Bahraini capital Manama on February 20, 2011 to demand the resignation of Education Minister Majed bin Ali al-Nuaimi and Health Minister Faisal al-Hamr in anti-government protests in the tiny Gulf kingdom.

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