Bahrain sentences 4 protesters to death - New York Times

Three other activists who were also the trial in the same case received sentences of life in prison.

The of Bahrain human rights activists expressed fears that the verdicts could generate a new wave of protests in the small Kingdom of the Persian Gulf. They also argued that the trial was rendered unfair by a series of legal abuse, including the arrest of one of the lawyers, defendants, Mohammed al-Tajer, one of the most prominent lawyers of the Bahrain. The suspects were also prohibited from meeting with their families, and the media were not allowed to cover the trial.

"These verdicts will have a considerable negative impact on the Bahraini society," said Mohamed Maskati, who leads a group of human rights in the Kingdom. "We fear brutal violence in the coming days." I am not optimistic at all - especially that might be more similar verdicts in the near future. ?

Other activists refused to talk, citing the wave of arrests that swept the country over the past two months.

Amnesty International urged the Bahrain to not make the verdict.

"They must respect the right to a fair trial and that they must step use the death penalty in all circumstances," he said in a statement published Thursday.

The defendants said Bahraini authorities had the right of appeal, although Amnesty International and local human rights groups said that the appeal would be negligible at this stage.

"The defendants received all legal rights under the international laws of human rights", the Bahraini Government said in a statement released Thursday. "The verdict is a clear indication of the absolute condemnation of the barbaric crimes and a deep commitment to the protection of life valuable community."

The Shiite majority of the Bahrain, which has long complained of marginalization by the ruling Sunni elite, the streets the month last in mass demonstrations and sit-ins demanding of reform, equal rights and freedoms. The King declares martial law and requested the assistance of the Saudi troops crackdown on protests and to crush the dissent.

At least 30 people were reported killed since the demonstrations began in March, among them four in custody. Activists of the human rights said that they are dead after that they were brutally tortured. The Bahraini authorities have recognized the death but no have not explained them.

Bahrain events have been inspired by the Tunisian and Egyptian, uprisings in which the Presidents of both countries intervened under popular pressure after only a few weeks.

Seven leaders of the opposition in the Bahrain were accused of the premeditated murder of the employees of the Government. Military prosecutors introduced a video that has been suggested that the demonstrators had crushed the police with a car. Counsel for the accused denied the charges.

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Syrian forces kill 5 protesters: reports

People carry the coffin of a protester during a funeral procession in the suburbs of the State Duma, of Damascus in this still image taken of sequences social networking sites downloaded Sunday amateur video. Social media/Reuters

Syrian security forces opened fire on demonstrators of the opposition, on Monday, killing five people, according to witnesses.

Dara, in the South of the country, a witness who spoke of the Associated Press if the anonymity, said army tanks and soldiers moved into the city Monday and could be heard. An eyewitness said he saw five bodies in a car that security forces had attacked.

DARA has been at the centre of protests against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad.

During this time, in the suburbs of Damascus in the Duma, witnesses said security forces closed the area before opening fire.

The speaks of witnesses to condition their names not be used because of fear of reprisal

Rights groups say that more than 300 people died, including the 112 April 22 only, since the start of anti-Government protests in mid-March.

On Sunday, based in New York from Human Rights Watch has called for an investigation of the United Nations for the Suppression of the Syrian Government against demonstrators.

The group called on the United States and the European Union imposed sanctions Syrian new officials.

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Towers of the Japan PM damage as protesters hit streets

Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan paid another visit to the coast tsunami devastate Sunday, then that thousands of anti-nuclear demonstrators descended on the streets of the capital of the country.

Kan promised depending on fishing Ishinomaki, a coastal city of 163 000 to Miyagi, one of the prefectures hit hardest by the March 11 earthquake and the tsunami, that his Government would do everything it can to help.

"We will support you so that you can resume fishing," Kan, dressed in blue working, said the local population gathered near the sea.

Port of mask of protestors wave placards Sunday in Tokyo in a demonstration against nuclear energy, in the Japan where an earthquake and tsunami in March paralyzed the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex in the northeast of the Japan. Associated Press

Ishinomaki Mayor Hiroshi Kameyama told him that the Government must build quickly temporary houses for the town of 17,000 residents who have lost their live in shelters. Ishinomaki more than 2,600 people have been killed in the disaster, and another 2,800 are missing.

Boats were also destroyed, crippling the fishing industry accounts for 40% of the economy of the city.

While Kan was visiting Ishinomaki, thousands of people in Tokyo, carrying signs "No nukes", gathered for a rally in a park located in a student district Sunday, and then marched through the streets chanting and beating drums.

In Tokyo, demonstrators also chanted "fukushima" as they walk through of the seat of the Government and past the nuclear and industrial safety agency.

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The event is a response to the tsunami flooded crisis Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear plant, 220 kilometres north of Tokyo. Workers have spent the months spent frantically try to stop the radiation spewing nuclear reactors in restoring cooling systems, but still have a long way to go.

The members of the Japan self-defence Force search for victims in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, Sunday. Toru Hanai/Reuters.

Troops during this time, the Japanese and the Americans fanned along the coast in another search all azimuth of organs by land, sea and air. Disasters, up to 25,000 deaths, destroyed the kilometres of coastline and tens of thousands homeless.

Television news showed heavy lift inland the tsunami washed boat so that they could find a car crushed under. No one was inside.

"A month after the earthquake and the tsunami, many people is still missing," said Japanese Defence Ministry Norikazu Muratani spokesman. "We would like to do everything we can to find organizations for their families."

Only 13 000 deaths have been confirmed for the moment, and many organizations have probably washed out at sea and will never be found.

A similar search for three days with more troops a week he has found just 70 bodies, highlighting the difficulties of the location of the victims in the ocean and debris along the coast.

To coast Fukushima Sunday, a middle-aged man watched as soldiers in scuba dive under water. He hoped that they would locate his younger brother, a fisherman was swept.

"There must be trapped in the boat," the man told broadcaster NHK public, who do not identify him. "I'm just praying soldiers find him.".

The most recent search was to last just one day and does not include the area of 20 km around Fukushima Dai-ichi complex evacuation. Police in full protective equipment-bridged continue the work dangerous, painstaking search for bodies in this area.

The contamination of the water pooling around the nuclear complex has slowed efforts to stabilize the reactors, emitting radiation so in some places where workers can obtain for short periods of time, or even not at all.

In a gesture that has prompted some criticism from countries neighbouring, engineers decided this month to deliberately pump less contamination of water in the ocean of a storage facility they thought that might be a good receptacle for the more highly radioactive water. They are also pumping out the water from drains to prevent it from backup.

"I would like to apologize for my heart on the concerns and problems we are causing to society due to the release of radiological materials, in the atmosphere and sea water" Sakae Muto, Vice President of the nuclear power plant operatorTokyo Electric Power Co., said Saturday.

Pumping was released late Sunday and officials hoped that in the days that they could begin to transfer the most highly contaminated water installation now drained.

The operation is risky because the water is transferred through a hose to water meanders autour buildings on the complex, which means that if there are cracks or leaks in the pipe, radiation could escape into the air.

"We must ensure that we can do so safely," said Hidehiko Nishiyama, spokesman for the Chief of the Japan nuclear safety agency.

Now that the removal of the contaminated water is underway, officials began to consider options for the restoration of cooling systems vital to prevent damage to the reactor. But they do not know what will work best until the water is the road and they can see what parts are usable and which have been destroyed.

Also Sunday, workers at the plant were preparing move highly contaminated water, swelling in a trench in one of the six buildings reactor in an area of storage in the building. The transfer was necessary to avoid that the water leaking into the sea.

North Japan, North of the Japan 250 000 households were still without running water and electricity Sunday. Some have it since the tsunami, while others he lost in a replica of magnitude-7. 1 Thursday that killed three people and rattled nerves, but caused no significant damage.

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