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Malinowski: Sheikh Ali Salman Sentenced to 4 Years in Prison for a Speech
2015-06-20 - 9:44 p
Bahrain Mirror: Tom Malinowski, the US Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, said that Bahrain's opposition leader, Sheikh Ali Salman, was "sentenced to 4 years in prison for a speech."
Malinowski stressed in a tweet he posted on Wednesday, June 17, 2015, that "no one should be prosecuted for peaceful expression."
Ali Salman sentenced to 4 years in prison for a speech. No one should be prosecuted for peaceful expression http://t.co/xctQoJLQQl #Bahrain
— Tom Malinowski (@Malinowski) June 17, 2015
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