The Bahraini authorities announced Sunday, May 8 lifted on 1 June of the state of emergency, which had been set up to quell popular protest that rocked the country between mid-February and mid-March. Demonstrations and their suppression have been 24 deaths, according to an official report. Four protesters died in custody since.
Benissa King Hamad Al-Khalifa had declared a state of emergency on March 15 for a period of three months, following the arrival of troops from the Gulf came to help contain the Shiite challenge. Under the royal decree, the state of emergency, which prohibits gatherings, will be lifted two weeks ahead of schedule initially.
According to Amnesty International, the imposition of emergency rule has given free rein to the authorities to make arrests without warrant, detention incommunicado of protesters and political activists, and the trial of civilians by military courts. In this context, the Bahraini opposition leaders arrested in mid-March Sunday appeared before a special tribunal on charges of having formed a terrorist organization and attempting to overthrow the monarchy.
In total, 21 people must be tried before this tribunal, including seven in absentia, according to state news agency BNA. Only lawyers and two members of the family of each defendant were allowed to attend the trial, whose next hearing was scheduled to Thursday, told the Nabil Rajab, head of the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights.
He said the defendants could be sentenced to death in the light of the charges against them. Among the accused is Sharif Ibrahim, the leader of a Sunni group Waed, training of the secular left, which had played a leading role in the protest. The defendants are charged with having "established and led a terrorist group to change the Constitution and the monarchy", according to the indictment quoted by BNA.
They are also accused of "having been in contact with a terrorist group abroad, which acts in the interests of a foreign country by carrying out hostile acts against the Kingdom of Bahrain" and have conducted a "Fundraising for this group. 
Benissa King Hamad Al-Khalifa had declared a state of emergency on March 15 for a period of three months, following the arrival of troops from the Gulf came to help contain the Shiite challenge. Under the royal decree, the state of emergency, which prohibits gatherings, will be lifted two weeks ahead of schedule initially.
According to Amnesty International, the imposition of emergency rule has given free rein to the authorities to make arrests without warrant, detention incommunicado of protesters and political activists, and the trial of civilians by military courts. In this context, the Bahraini opposition leaders arrested in mid-March Sunday appeared before a special tribunal on charges of having formed a terrorist organization and attempting to overthrow the monarchy.
In total, 21 people must be tried before this tribunal, including seven in absentia, according to state news agency BNA. Only lawyers and two members of the family of each defendant were allowed to attend the trial, whose next hearing was scheduled to Thursday, told the Nabil Rajab, head of the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights.
He said the defendants could be sentenced to death in the light of the charges against them. Among the accused is Sharif Ibrahim, the leader of a Sunni group Waed, training of the secular left, which had played a leading role in the protest. The defendants are charged with having "established and led a terrorist group to change the Constitution and the monarchy", according to the indictment quoted by BNA.
They are also accused of "having been in contact with a terrorist group abroad, which acts in the interests of a foreign country by carrying out hostile acts against the Kingdom of Bahrain" and have conducted a "Fundraising for this group.
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