Bahraini regime sentenced 13 more protesters for taking role in anti-government demonstrations which have been oppressed by the US and Saudi-backed government since February.

Bahraini regime sentenced 13 more protesters for taking role in anti-government demonstrations which have been oppressed by the US and Saudi-backed government since February.

A defense attorney announced on Tuesday that a civilian court sentenced a Kuwait-born Canadian citizen, Nasser al-Ras, to five years in prison on charges of participating in anti-regime demonstrations, the Associated Press reported.

For his part, the lawyer, Mohsen Al-Alawi, added that jail terms were also handed down to the son and son-in-law of prominent human rights activist Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, a dual Bahraini-Danish citizen, who has already been sentenced to life in prison.

The civilian court also sentenced ten other people for joining the popular movement against the despotic regime of King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa.

The Kingdom has witnessed peaceful anti-government rallies since mid-February, demanding an end to the Al Khalifa's over-40-year-long rule over the Persian Gulf Island.

Scores of people have been killed and hundreds more arrested, including medics and political figures, in a Manama-ordered and Riyadh-backed brutal crackdown in the country.

On the other hand, also on Tuesday Physicians for Human Rights group says doctors and nurses have been detained, tortured, or disappeared because they have "evidence of atrocities committed by the authorities, security forces and riot police" in the crackdown on anti-government protesters.