Bahrain has executed three Shia men who were convicted of killing three police officers in a bomb attack in March 2014. They were killed by a firing squad today. Hundreds took to the streets to protest yesterday when reports emerged online of their impending execution.
It is the first execution to be carried out in Bahrain since a 2011 uprising, led by the country’s Shia majority, calling for greater political rights. The Sunni-ruled kingdom has escalated a crackdown on its Shia critics over the past year, including revoking the citizenship of the country’s most prominent Shia Muslim cleric.