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An administrative court
ordered Wefaq itself closed
in June and Bahrain's
foremost Shi'ite cleric Sheikh
Isa Qassim was convicted
of money-laundering and
stripped of his citizenship.
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political group.
Amnesty's Mideast Deputy
Director of Campaigns
Samah Hadid says the ruling
shows "Bahrain's flagrant
disregard for the right to
freedom of expression."
Human
rights
groups
are sharply criticizing a
Bahraini appeal court's
ruling upholding a nineyear prison sentence against
the country's leading Shiite
opposition figure.
Amnesty
International
and the Bahrain Institute
for Rights and Democracy
were among the groups
condemning
Monday's
verdict against Sheikh Ali
Salman. He is secretarygeneral
of
Al-Wefaq,
Bahrain's largest Shiite
monarchy
in
Bahrain,
unlike hardline groups who
have demanded the toppling
of the Sunni Al-Khalifa
dynasty.
Salman
was
initially
sentenced to four years
on charges that included
incitement and insulting
the
Interior
Ministry,
prompting appeals by his
lawyers and prosecutors. In
May his sentence was raised
to nine years on appeal, a
ruling upheld Monday.
Salman was a central figure
in the 2011 Arab Springinspired uprising against the
Sunni-led government.
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