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30 May 2016

5:07:36 AM
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UN deputy spokesman: We follow Sheikh Salman’s trial

His comments came during a press briefing last Friday on a question about a UN appeal to release Sheikh Salman who has been in jail for over a year without any real crime committed.

AhlulBayt News Agency - The United Nation’s Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General said that his office is hoping Bahrain will follow due process in passing Sheikh Ali Salman’s verdict on Tuesday. Mr. Farhan Haq also said his office will “study the developments”.

His comments came during a press briefing last Friday on a question about a UN appeal to release Sheikh Salman who has been in jail for over a year without any real crime committed.

Sheikh Ali Salman is the Secretary General of Al Wefaq National Islamic Society. He has been in jail since late December 2014, solely, for practicing his right to peaceful political activism and freedom of opinion.



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