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Home | ALL NEWS | WORLD | Bahrain Opposition Leader is Jailed in Setback

Bahrain Opposition Leader is Jailed in Setback

June 16, 2015 by DC Editors Leave a Comment

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Bahrain Opposition Leader

Slow moving popular democracy protest movement set to grow after Bahrain opposition leader jailed | Democracy, elections and voting at Democracy Chronicles

Manama (dpa) – The leader of Bahrain’s biggest opposition group was jailed Tuesday for four years, the country’s top prosecutor said of a case that has drawn fire from human rights groups. Sheikh Ali Salman, secretary general of the moderate Shiite al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, was found guilty of inciting sectarian hatred and lawbreaking as well…

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Filed Under: International Democracy Tagged With: Bahrain, Middle East

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