Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): The Swedish member of the European Parliament, Lars Adaktusson, said that Sheikh Ali Salman’s sentence to four years in prison reflects the escalating pressure by the government to try to silence dissident voices in the island.

Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): The Bahraini authorities released on Friday (June 19, 2015), Ibrahim Sharif, the Secretary-General of WAAD (National Democratic Action Society) after serving four years in prison.

Bahrain Mirror: The semi-official Iranian Mehr News Agency stated that the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs rejected "the allegations of a Bahraini security official against Iran" and called on the Bahraini officials "to provide the necessary conditions for serious talks instead of adopting a security and sectarian approach."

Bahrain Mirror: The Secretariat of Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society called for international and regional support (June 16, 2015) to establish a serious national dialogue and negotiation to end the political predicament that has engulfed the country.

AFP: Bahrain released at dawn on Saturday a Sunni opposition leader who was jailed more than four years for involvement in Shiite-led anti-government protests, his party announced.

Bahrain Mirror: The Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society stated that the Bahraini Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a bombastic statement that reflects the regime’s shock at the wide international reaction at the conviction of Al-Wefaq’s Secretary-General, Sheikh Ali Salman.

AP: A top Bahraini opposition leader was released Friday after more than four years in prison for his role in protests calling for reform in the Gulf kingdom.

Bahrain Mirror: Activist Hussein Pervez reported from his father, detainee Mohammed Jawad Pervez, that the Secretary-General of Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, Sheikh Ali Salman, has been transferred to block 7 in Jaw Central Prison.

Bahrain Mirror: The February 14 Coalition denounced the verdict issued against the Secretary-General of Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, Sheikh Ali Salman, describing it as “political and unjust”.

Bahrain Mirror: The outgoing British Ambassador Iain Lindsay delivered his farewell speech, saying that during his four-year assignment as Britain’s Ambassador to the Kingdom of Bahrain, he witnessed “a remarkable transformation in UK/Bahrain relations” since 2011.

Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): Jalila Al-Salman, deputy president of Bahrain Teachers Association, received the 2015 Arthur Svensson Prize for Trade Union Rights this week in the Norwegian capital, Oslo.

Bahrain Mirror: Abdullah Al-Shamlawi, one of the defence lawyers of Al-Wefaq Secretary-General, Sheikh Ali Salman, said that they have lodged an appeal against the sentence handed down to the opposition leader.

AFP: Bahrain has seized explosives and bomb-making material smuggled into the country from Iraq and intended to be used in the kingdom and in Saudi Arabia, the interior ministry said Thursday.

Bahrain Mirror: The United Kingdom expressed its concern at the 4-year-jail term handed down to Bahrain’s opposition leader, Sheikh Ali Salman.

Bahrain Mirror: Bahraini regime forces fired shotgun pellets and toxic tear gas at angry protestors who staged demonstrations condemning the four-year-term sentence handed down to Bahrain’s opposition leader, Sheikh Ali Salman.

Bahrain Mirror: In a statement it released after the four-year jail sentence handed down to the leader of the main political movement in the Gulf region, Sheikh Ali Salman, Al-Wefaq rejected the ruling, deeming the sentence as “null and lacking any legal grounds or judicial consideration”.

Bahrain Mirror: Bahrain’s Public Prosecution said that it is looking into the possibility of appealing against the ruling to drop charge from which the opposition leader Sheikh Ali Salman was acquitted; i.e. “Promoting change of political regime”.

Bahrain Mirror: The European Union stated that the four-year jail sentence handed down to Bahrain’s opposition leader and the Secretary-General of Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, Sheikh Ali Salman, “runs counter to efforts promoting a lasting and inclusive national reconciliation in Bahrain.”

Reuters: Bahrain said on Thursday it had seized explosives and bomb-making materials planned for use in Bahrain and neighboring Saudi Arabia in what it said was an attempt to use its borders as a base for attacking targets in the region.

Bahrain Mirror: Hezbollah condemned what it described as “the political verdict issued by the Bahraini authorities against the secretary-general of Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, Sheikh Ali Salman.”