Bahrain’s appeals court has ruled to uphold a nine-year jail sentence handed down to senior Shia opposition cleric, Sheikh Ali Salman, despite widespread criticism both at home and abroad against his imprisonment. The verdict against cleric Ali Salman, whose Al-Wefaq movement was dissolved in July, was re-imposed after the court ...
Bahrainis took to streets across the country on Sunday, expressing solidarity with prominent Shiaa clerics, Sheikh Issa al-Qassem and Sheikh Ali Salman, whose trials were adjourned. Earlier on Sunday, a Bahraini court has convicted dozens of the country’s citizens to death, life in prison, and denationalization over allegations of murder ...