Amnesty International called on its website for an urgent action to “urge the Bahraini authorities to quash the conviction of leader Sheikh Ali Salman, the Secretary General of Bahrain’s main opposition party Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, and to release him immediately and unconditionally,” after the court of cassation reduced the nine-year prison sentence against him to four years.

The United Nations expressed concerns about a number of restrictions in place in Bahrain, notably on fundamental freedoms.

On the 2nd year anniversary of his arrest, Bahraini opposition leader, al-Wefaq Society Secretary General Sheikh Ali Salman, confirmed his steadiness in his struggle for democracy, praising the sacrifices of the Bahraini people.

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Tobias Ellwood said that his country continues to monitor the case of the Bahraini detained opposition leader, Sheikh Ali Salman, closely.

MEPs called on Federica Mogherini, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, to take rapid actions to put an end to human rights violations in Bahrain.

The Tyre Scholars Gathering denounced the appeals court sentence against the Bahraini opposition leader, and Secretary General of al-Wefaq Society, Sheikh Ali Salman. The

The National Democratic Action Society “Waad” demanded the release of Bahraini opposition leader, Sheikh Ali Salman, and writing-off his case in court.

In his first comment on upholding his 9-year jail term, the leader of Bahraini opposition and Al-Wefaq Secretary-General Sheikh Ali Salman said that the verdict issued against him “strengthened his steadfastness”.

Bahraini clerics deemed the verdict that upheld the 9-year jail term against opposition leader Sheikh Ali Salman an imprisonment of opposing political activism and condemnation of national peace, bearing the British government “responsible for supporting the Bahraini regime in delving into the security option.”

A Bahraini court has upheld a nine-year prison term imposed on the country's most prominent opposition leader, Shi'ite cleric Sheikh Ali Salman, local media reported on Monday.

The Associated Press (AP) reported on Monday that “Human rights groups are sharply criticizing a Bahraini appeal court's ruling upholding a nine-year prison sentence against the country's leading Shiite opposition figure [Sheikh Ali Salman].”

France said Monday (December 12, 2016) that it “notes with concern the upholding of the nine-year prison sentence for al-Wefaq’s secretary-general, Sheikh Ali Salman, whose movement – the main opposition party – was dissolved in July by the courts.”

Amnesty International (AI) issued a statement on its website, in which it condemned the 9-year prison verdict issued Monday against Bahraini opposition leader, Sheikh Ali Salman.

Iranian Foreign Ministry expressed its deep concerns about doubling the prison sentence against al-Wefaq Society Secretary General Sheikh Ali Salman, in response to the Appeals Court decision to uphold a 9-year prison sentence against him on Monday.

Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society said that the Bahraini regime’s step to uphold a 9-year imprisonment sentence against national opposition leader Sheikh Ali Salman is “an adventure” which further aggravates the political, economic, and human rights situation.

Bahrain's appeals court on Monday upheld a nine-year jail sentence against opposition chief Sheikh Ali Salman, a judicial source said, the latest move in a crackdown on the Shiite majority.

Bahrain’s High Appeals Court upheld on Monday (December 12, 2016) a nine-year jail sentence handed down to opposition leader and Al-Wefaq Secretary-General Sheikh Ali Salman.

Amnesty International said that the appalling human rights records of states in the Gulf must not be swept under the carpet when member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) gather in the Bahraini capital, Manama, this week (6-7 December) for their annual summit.

Bahraini High Appeal Court adjourned sentencing hearing of Secretary General of dissolved Al-Wefaq Society, Sheikh Ali Salman, until December 12 for further deliberation.

Local Bahraini newspaper al-Wasat said that detained Bahraini opposition leader, Secretary General of al-Wefaq Society, Sheikh Ali Salman, refrained from speaking during his appeal hearing, despite giving him permission to do so by the judge.