A Bahrain court ordered retrials on Monday for a prominent hunger striker and 20 others convicted by a military tribunal in crackdowns against the civil rights movement in the Gulf kingdom.
The case will now be heard in Bahrain's highest civil appeals court, which was seen as a victory by supporters of rights activist Abdulhadi al-Khawaja and other opposition figures sentenced last year during a period of martial law imposed by the ruling Khalifa dynasty.
At least 50 people have been killed in unrest since February 2011 in the kingdom, which is home to the US navy's 5th Fleet.
Mr Khawaja's nearly three-month hunger strike has become the latest rallying point for the demonstrations.... read more