9/8/08
Imposing the death penalty for those disclosing state secrets and documents to enemy countries as part of a proposed law was criticised by leading human rights group here on day. The Bahrain Human Rights Watch Society (BHRWS) highlighted in a statement its concern for the bill tabled by five members to the upper house for including the death sentence in new legislation despite worldwide rejection of such punishment. “Lawmakers should keep up with international trends while drafting their legislation as many countries are fighting to scrap the death penalty in their outdated laws, while here we are reimposing it,” a BHRWS member and member of the upper house, Faisal Fulad said in the statement.
See: http://www.gulfnews.com/news/gulf/bahrain/10235543.html
Tags: Bahrain, Capital Punishment