[JURIST] State media for Bahrain announced on Sunday that new measures will be taken against protesters [BNA report] in light of recent violence against police officers. Acting under the orders of Prime Minister and Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa [official profile], the Cabinet of Bahrain [official website, in Arabic] will soon amend the penal code to include a 15-year prison sentence for "instigators and implementers" of physical assault against police officers. The BNA report denied that recent protests have been meritorious:The cabinet expressed sorrow in view of the increasingly growing provocative calls which instigate the targeting of security personnel—these...