AhlulBayt News Agency

source : Iraq News, RASA
Wednesday

24 June 2015

6:33:59 AM
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Iraqi Deputy Speaker shows worry over verdict issued against Bahraini opposition leader Sheikh Ali Salman

Member of the Iraqi parliament chairmanship, Humam Hamoudi, showed concern over the verdict issued against the Bahraini opposition leader Sheikh Ali al-Salman in Bahrain.

Ahlulbayt News Agency - Humam Hamoudi, a member of the Council of Representatives of Iraq and the a senior official in the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council, has condemned the trial of Sheikh Ali Salman, the secretary-general of Bahrain’s  al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, on his Facebook page.

Hujjat al-Islam Humam Hamoudi stated that the trial of Sheikh Ali Salman was a political move, saying: “The trial of the secretary-general of the al-Wefaq National Islamic Society by the Bahraini judiciary has showed that the influence of politics in the judiciary.”

He also added that he hopes that the people of Bahrain and the region can achieve justice, equality, stability and endurance.

Last Tuesday, a Bahraini court sentenced Sheikh Ali Salman to four years in prison on charges including insulting the Interior Ministry and inciting others to break the law. He was acquitted on charges of seeking regime change.




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