Bahraini court sets date for hearing in opposition leader Sheikh ali Salman’s trial

Prominent Bahraini Shia and opposition leader Sheikh Ali Salman is to stand trial later this year as the ruling Al Khalifah dynasty does not shy away from its heavy-handed clampdown on political dissidents and pro-democracy campaigners in the tiny Persian Gulf kingdom. Bahrain’s Attorney General Osama al-Awfi said the 52-year-old secretary general of the dissolved ...

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