ICSFT condemns in the strongest terms the decision of Bahrain’s Supreme Court to uphold a life sentence for Shia opposition leader Sheikh Ali Salman over fabricated and politically motivated charges of spying for neighboring Qatar

Sheikh Ali Salman is currently serving a four-year sentence in a separate case – “inciting hatred” in the kingdom. Sheikh Ali Salman’s aides Ali al-Aswad and Hassan Sultan, who are former MPs and currently reside outside Bahrain and had been sentenced to life in absentia, also lost their right to appeal. The verdicts issued this Monday are final and cannot be appealed

Please find attached the press release

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ICSFT pr on sheikh Ali Salman