The Fifth High Appeals Court upheld the verdicts issued against 7 defendants accused of planting explosive under the ground in a sand field in Karana, alluring police forces to the scene and detonating it.

Hundreds of citizens took part in angry protests rejecting the life sentence issued by the appeals court against opposition leader and Al-Wefaq secretary-general Sheikh Ali Salman. Protestors also condemned the government’s normalization attempts with Israel.

Eyewitnesses said that security forces attacked a peaceful protest launched from Karana and arrested at least 5 citizens, including fathers of martyrs.

Hundreds of citizens took part in peaceful protests calling for boycott of Parliamentary and municipal elections organized by the authorities next month.

The First High Criminal Appeals Court upheld a 15-year jail term against defendant accused of taking part in planting a bomb in security patrol location in Karana. The court also upheld binding the defendant to pay 1178.550 BD for the damages.

The Supreme Court of Appeal amended the prison verdict issued against 10 appellant from 3-5 years in prison to 2-3 years.

Bahrain Mirror: The head of the public relation department of Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, Moussa Ibrahim Al-Sehlawi, died of heart failure on Wednesday night (August 19, 2015)