Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): The defense panel of Sheikh Ali Salman, Secretary General of Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, described the trial against Bahrain’s opposition leader as political, stressing that it violated the defense’s right to a fair trial.

Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): In the strangest political\religious trial that Bahrain has witnessed, a case with only one plea was presented by the Public Prosecution against the Bahraini opposition leader, Sheikh Ali Salman.

Bahrain Mirror: Abdullah Al-Shamlawi, one of the defence lawyers of Al-Wefaq leader, Sheikh Ali Salman, said that they requested “a copy of the Prosecution’s plea and record of the court hearing, during which we were not allowed to deliver our plea”, stressing that their “request was denied” by the court.

Bahrain Mirror: Abdullah Al-Shamlawi, one of the defence lawyers of Al-Wefaq leader, Sheikh Ali Salman, said that the prosecution listened to the defence team as they raised a false testimony complaint against the only prosecution witness, "the interior ministry officer Khaled Al-Saedi".

Bahrain Mirror: The Bahrain Center for Human Rights expressed its deep concerns over the ongoing trial of Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society Secretary-General, Sheikh Ali Salman, and the authorities’ verdict to fine the activist Nader Abdulemam 1500 BD over establishing “Insaf” (Equity) organization that aims at tackling cases of discrimination.

The lawyer Abdullah Al-Shamlawi said that the court prevented Sheikh Ali Salman from talking and also prevented his lawyers from delivering their plea. He considered that this step violates the right of defence.

Bahrain's Fourth High Criminal Court refused to hear the plea of Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society Secretary General, detainee Sheikh Ali Salman, and adjourned the verdict to June 16.

Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): Bahrain Mirror published the whole text of Sheikh Ali Salman’s plea and will publish the English version soon. Sheikh Salman was not allowed to deliver his 250-page plea in court, which he himself has written, noting that he summarized it in a few pages before his hearing.

Bahrain Mirror: Al-Wefaq National Islamic society stated, on Wednesday (May 20, 2015) that the developments of the trial of Al-Wefaq’s Secretary General, Sheikh Ali Salman, represented a clear and serious violation of the guarantees of a fair trial and portrayed a “shocking attitude”, as described by Salman’s defense team during its press conference.

AFP: A Bahraini court will pronounce next month its verdict in the trial of opposition leader Sheikh Ali Salman who is charged with seeking to overthrow the Sunni monarchy, prosecutors said Wednesday.