An appeals court in Bahrain Sunday began a retrial of Shiite opposition chief Sheikh Ali Salman, jailed for nine years for inciting hatred and calling for forceful regime change.

Amnesty International called on the Bahraini authorities to release the opposition leader and Secretary-General of Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society Sheikh Ali Salman, urging them to quash his conviction.

Amnesty International called on the Bahraini authorities to release the opposition leader and Secretary-General of Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society Sheikh Ali Salman, urging them to quash his conviction.

The Bahraini Al-Wasat newspaper said that the sixth high appeals court presided over by judge Ibrahim Al-Zayed and Yousif Buhardan will consider on November 6, 2016 the case of the opposition leader and Al-Wefaq Secretary General Sheikh Ali Salman.

Bahrain’s Appeals Court upheld a verdict ruling a 1-year imprisonment against arts director, Yasser Nasser, for taking part in the Diraz protest.

The High Appeal Court will look into the case of Sheikh Ali Salman again, under a different body, and the defendant will stand before it while he remains in in custody.

Bahrain's Court of Cassation overturned a nine-year jail term against Al-Wefaq Secretary-General Sheikh Ali Salman.

A top court in Bahrain on Monday overturned a nine-year jail term against Shiite opposition chief cleric Ali Salman, convicted of inciting hatred and calling for forceful regime change.

Bahrain's top court rejected Monday a request to release Shiite opposition chief cleric Ali Salman, who is serving a nine-year jail term on charges of inciting hatred and forceful regime change.

The court of cassation refused an urgent request to release the Bahraini opposition leader and Secretary-General of Al-Wefaq, Sheikh Ali Salman.

The Bahraini authorities continue to ban Shiites from performing the largest Friday prayer in the Imam Al-Sadiq mosque by preventing the Imam of the prayer and worshipers from reaching the mosque.

Bahrain's ninth minor criminal court set August 31, 2016 as a date to issue its verdict against...

The Bahraini Ninth Minor Criminal Court, presided over by Judge Hussein Al-Sheikh and Mohammad Al-Harban as secretariat...

Al-Mashaal became more prominent after arrest of Sheikh Ali Salman, where he played important role in mobilizing people to rally outside Sheikh Salman’s house.

Since 2011, Bahrainis were forced to choose between being part of the pro-regime herd or being cut off, rendered voiceless and denied any rights.

Amnesty considered that “the Bahraini authorities’ escalating attacks against human rights through the dissolution of Al-Wefaq is a flagrant attack on freedom of expression and association aimed at silencing opponents and critics.”

Bahrain is turning into a police state as vicious and arbitrary as Egypt, reported The Independent.

Bahraini court to hand down verdict next week in government's bid to dissolve main opposition group Al-Wefaq.

European Parliament has overwhelmingly condemned the latest measures taken by the Government of Bahrain in its campaign against the opposition, which were resembled in toughening the sentence against

US Ambassador to Human Rights Council, Keith Harper, expressed country's concern over limitations on political activism in Bahrain.