Two men have been sentenced to three years imprisonment in Kuwait for carrying out subversive activities against Bahrain.

The men, Abdullah Yunis Abdelsayed, an Iraqi, and Adel Jasem al-Haiki, a Bahraini, had previously been acquitted, but were found guilty by a court of appeal.

They were accused of distrubiting leaflets calling for the removal of Bahrain's ruling family.

Such activities are illegal in Kuwait.