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.�