Bahrain's attorney general has ordered a civilian court retrial for 20 medical personnel sentenced to long prison terms as alleged backers of anti-government protests.<br /><br />A statement released on Wednesday by Bahrain's government appeared to nullify the verdicts issued earlier this week by a special security court against the doctors and nurses, who received sentences ranging from five to 15 years.<br /><br />Lawyers for the Bahraini medics earlier denounced the convictions, saying they had found that "the most essential elements for a fair trial were not available in this trial".<br /><br />According to the lawyers, the medics were tried in a military court, despite being civilians.<br /><br />Al Jazeera's Nadim Baba reports.
