The regime in Manama implemented the death verdicts on Sunday, amid ongoing protest rallies in the kingdom.
The rallies began on Saturday and lasted into Sunday, when the outraged public marched across the capital Manama and the northeastern villages of Nuwaidrat and al-Dair after performing the morning prayers, the London-based Bahraini opposition television network Lualua reported.
On January 9, Bahrain’s Court of Cassation found Sami Mushaima, Abbas Jamil Tahir al-Sami’ and Ali Abdulshahid al-Singace guilty of killing a member of Emirati forces assisting Manama in its suppression of Bahraini protesters in the northern village of al-Daih back in March 2014. Seven other convicts have also been sentenced to life in prison in the case.
The defendants had denied the charges.
The latest wave of anti-regime protests came after Bahraini religious scholars called on the nation to take to the streets “in a bid to save the lives of the three innocent activists.”
“Your rage is the hope which will change all the equations, as well as the way that will save our youths,” the statement said in an address to Bahraini people.
Manama has been heavy-handedly confronting popular peaceful protests, which first began in early 2011. The clampdown has cost scores of lives. Later during the popular uprising, the regime called in Saudi and Emirati reinforcements to help Manama muffle dissent.
During the overnight rallies, protesters shouted slogans against the ruling Al Khalifah dynasty and demanded the release of political prisoners.
Authorities have stepped up security measures in the capital, where they blocked al-Badee’ Street.
Regime forces also fanned out across the village of Sanabis in the city’s suburbs. Protests in the villages were met by repressive police action.
On Saturday, the Bahraini Interior Minister claimed a police patrol had come under gunfire in the northwestern village of Bani Jamra, which lies to the west of the capital, injuring an officer.
Following the report, regime forces deployed to the areas raided houses for eight straight hours.
