May 31, 2016 Meet the Middle East

Bahrain ramps up Sheikh Ali Salman's jail term to 9 years

The appeals court increased the sentence for charges of inciting violence to nine years from the original four, a judicial official said.Salman's Al-Wefaq bloc condemned the verdict as "unacceptable and provocative", warning that it "entrenches the exacerbating political crisis" in Bahrain.
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: Bahrain ramps up Sheikh Ali Salman's jail term to 9 years