Case of Prominent Shiite Cleric Bashar al-A’li Scheduled for Trial Feb. 7
2016-12-26 - 8:39 p
Bahrain Mirror: The first Minor Criminal Court scheduled February 7, 2016, to rule the sentence in the case of prominent Shiite cleric, Sheikh Bashar al-A'li, accused of insulting The Council of Representatives through an Instagram post.
During the hearing (Sunday December 25, 2016), al-Ali stood before court with his lawyer Ahmad Qahiri, who filed a plea of innocence for his client. In the hearing, Sheikh al-A'li's lawyer indicated that the Instagram page on which he was accused of posting insults, was hacked at the time those posts were published.
The Public Prosecution accused Sheikh Bashar al-A'li of "publicly insulting the Bahraini parliament" through some posts on Instagram, which were manifested in the case documents.
According to authorities, a communication by the apparatus to combat cybercrime, saying that head of The Council of Representatives filed a complaint to the Public Prosecutor, asking him to take legal measures against Sheikh Bashar al-A'li, who allegedly posted on his Instagram saying "the council is a mockery, and representatives are a mockery".
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