“Life sentences are established in Bahrain,”

“Livstidsdomarna against three opposition leaders in Bahrain established by the supreme court. The three were sentenced in november to life in prison for spying for Qatar. One of the convicted are Ali Salman, the leader of the shiite opposition party al-Wefaq, who has advocated social and political reforms in the country.”

“Salman is sitting, however, is already behind bars, he is serving a fyrårigt prison terms for”

“the Opposition groups are banned in Bahrain. In the last year, the kingdom of a constitutional amendment that gave the military a mandate to prosecute civilians for terrorist crimes.”