ICSFT strongly condemns the politically motivated arrest and sentencing of Sheikh Ali Salman, Sheikh Hassan Ali Juma Sultan and Ali Mahdi Ali Al Aswad, and demands that Bahrain immediately drop all charges and release these prisoners of conscience. On 4 November 2018, the Bahraini appellate court overturned the acquittal judgement of the lower court and sentenced leading Bahraini opposition figure Sheikh Ali Salman and two members of the now-dissolved al-Wefaq Society, Sheikh Hassan Ali Juma Sultan and Ali Mahdi Ali Al Aswad, to life in prison for espionage.

Please find attached the press release

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icsft pr on sheikh ali salman