"Bahrain’s special security court yesterday adjourned until next week the trial of 21 mostly Shi’ite opposition leaders and political activists accused of plotting against the state. The postponement is meant to give defense lawyers time to examine military prosecutors’ evidence, state media reported.
The suspects — 14 in custody and the others being tried in absentia — are accused of attempting to overthrow the 200-year-old Sunni dynasty and of having links to “a terrorist organization abroad.’’
That is an apparent reference to Iranian-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon, which Bahrain’s rulers have said was involved in the strategic island kingdom’s Shi’ite-led protests earlier this year."
Update: Bahrain: Special court upholds death sentences
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