AP: A court in the Gulf Arab nation of Bahrain sentenced the country's leading Shiite opposition figure to four years in prison on Tuesday.

Reuters (Dubai): Amnesty International called on Bahrain on Monday to free its most prominent opposition figure, a day before an expected verdict on charges that he incited violence against the Gulf Arab state's monarchy.

Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): Bahraini security troops used force to disperse mass rallies staged to protest against the continued imprisonment of Bahrain’s opposition leader, Sheikh Ali Salman.

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): The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) rejects the legal justifications given by the Government of Bahrain for the arrest of Bahrain’s opposition leader, Sheikh Ali Salman, and reiterates its call for his immediate release.

Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): Bahraini senior clerics issued a joint appeal on Wednesday (June 10, 2015) demanding the release of Sheikh Ali Salman, Secretary-General of Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society.

Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): Bahrain’s Shiites have began establishing committees dedicated to protecting their mosques across the country since Friday (June 5, 2015). Meanwhile, Bahrain’s ministry of interior deployed its security forces to the perimeter of large Shiite mosques across the island kingdom.

Bahrain Mirror: Bahraini clerics called on the citizens of Bahrain to stage mass protests, next Friday, under the slogan “We will Not Leave the Secretary-General” to express their opposition to the “unjust” trial of Sheikh Ali Salman, Secretary-General of Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, and to voice their “complete solidarity with Sheikh Ali Salman and all the oppressed prisoners.”

Bahrain Mirror: Amnesty International said in a message (June 4, 2015) to Al-Wefaq it is greatly concerned with the trial of Sheikh Ali Salman. It reminded of its first statement upon the arrest of Salman in December 2014 where it called for his release because the organization believes the accusations against him lack evidence of his use of or incitement on violence.

Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): OHCHR said it is concerned about two individuals currently in detention in Bahrain, namely Sheikh Ali Al-Salman and Nabeel Rajab and about the harsh treatment of detainees at Jaw Prison, calling for speedy and effective investigations into torture of Bahraini prisoners and immediate release of Sheikh Ali Salman.

Bahrain Mirror: Niccolò Talamanca, Secretary-General of the Rome-based international non-governmental organization “No Peace Without Justice”, called for the release of Sheikh Ali Salman, Secretary-General of Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, describing the detention as absurd.

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: Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Bahrain (on Friday, May 29, 2015) to protest against the continued detention of Al-Wefaq Secretary-General, Sheikh Ali Salman, and denounce the bomb attack that targeted Imam Hussein Mosque in Al-Anoud, Dammam, Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province.

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.

Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): The Hezbollah’s Secretary-General, Sayed Hassan Nasrallah, said that the government of Bahrain must stop the defamed formal trial of Sheikh Ali Salman, calling on for the release of all the prisoners and launching national dialogue and national conciliation.

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.