Woman Sentenced to Jail for Publishing Sectarian Expressions

TDT | Manama

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The Head of the Electronic Crimes Prosecution stated that the Lower Criminal Court sentenced a woman to one month in prison and ordered the confiscation of her mobile phone after convicting her of publicly assaulting one of the recognised religious sects and showing contempt for its religious rituals.

The details of the case date back to the Public Prosecution receiving a report from the Electronic Crimes Directorate stating that, through monitoring operations carried out by the Directorate on social media platforms, a comment posted on Instagram was detected containing sectarian expressions capable of inciting strife. Investigations identified the user of the account.

The Public Prosecution immediately initiated its investigation upon receiving the report. The defendant was questioned and admitted that she owned the account and had written the comment that was the subject of the report. Accordingly, the Public Prosecution ordered that she be referred to the competent court while in custody, where the court issued the aforementioned judgment convicting and sentencing her.