Bahrain: NPWJ and NRPTT strongly condemn sham trial and increased prison sentence against Sheikh Ali Salman

Articolo pubblicato il 30/05/2016

Today, a Bahraini Appeals Court extended from four to nine years a prison sentence imposed on Sheikh Ali Salman, Secretary General of Al Wefaq, the major opposition party in Bahrain.

At his final appeal hearing, the Court reversed an earlier acquittal on the charges of “seeking to overthrow by force the monarchy and change the political system”.

On 16 July 2015, Sheikh Ali Salman was initially sentenced to four years of imprisonment on...
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