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<p>Bahrain has brought in new legislation related to alternative sentencing and has
already started to implement provisions under this new legal framework. We welcome
this positive move in reforming the judicial system. UK expertise have supported this
process.</p><p>In a recent statement from the Embassy of Bahrain they confirmed that
“To date, 388 men, 52 women, and 11 young offenders have had potential prison time
replaced by alternative sentences, and a number of further cases remain under consideration
by the judiciary.”</p><p>This law makes Bahrain the first country in the Middle East
to introduce separate alternative sentencing legislation.</p>
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