A court in Bahrain has added 15-year jail terms to the sentences of dozens of prisoners who were accused of involvement in a prison riot.
A Bahraini judiciary official said on Monday that 57 inmates had been convicted of “disobeying orders” and “destroying furniture,” following unrest last March at Jaw Prison south of the capital, Manama.
Al-Wasat newspaper said the defendants were also fined a total of $1.35 million.
Human Rights Watch called last May for an independent investigation into allegations that security forces used "excessive force" to quell the March unrest at the jail and later mistreated prisoners.
Bahrain has seen protests on a regular basis since the beginnings of an uprising were quelled in 2011 with the help of Saudi Arabia.
