spying for castle to other senior figures from the same party were also jailed for life alongside shaikh ali cell man who led protests against the siniora government in two thousand and eleven it comes months after the high court a question of the three men of collusion with the rival gulf state. early numbers in the u.s. point to the highest turnout for a midterm poll in decades will and thirty million people have already cast their ballots in these elections which are being seen as a referendum on president obama's policies democrats hoping to win back the majority in the house of representatives when voters go to the polls on choose day and as president says he will if this is a pension of parliament in ten days' time is international pressure builds him to resolve a leadership battle my tree policy or same as shut down parliament off to appointing all of president into rajapaksa as prime minister the man he replaced the ousted prime minister ronnell wickramasinghe continues to criticize the move as on constitutional you're up to date with all of our top stories there will be more news at

thing now campaigner behind amnesty international which is calling for the immediate release of shaikh ali feldman and all other prisoners of conscience well to start with a highly seven month for us is a prisoner of conscience he's been detained since twenty at the end of twenty three fourteen and he. is serving as will his sentence in the new charges. are absurd in the sense that back in twenty eleven when the uprising was happening there was a there were attempts to mediate and to find a solution to to the situation and. she had recently and had fun coals with the prime minister not the prime minister the minister of foreign of all of the fans of state affairs in qatar and these were well known exchanges in attempt to get cut to mediate in this situation at the time so sixty years on for him to be charged with the.

spying for cattle two other senior figures from the same party will also jailed for life alongside shaikh ali salmond who led protests against the sunni government in two thousand and eleven. it comes months after the high court acquitted the three men of colluding with the rival gulf state right along with saudi arabia and the u.a.e. several ties with count are in two thousand and seventeen schakowsky selman was leader of bahrain's largest opposition group fuck it was outlawed and ordered to be dissolved in two thousand and sixteen as part of a crackdown on dissent in the kingdom bahrain has a shia majority but is ruled by a sunni monarchy rights group say the charges against him a politically motivated someone is already in jail after being arrested in two thousand and fifteen is currently serving a four year sentence on charges of inciting hatred and insulting the interior ministry rights activists say it. says shaikh life sentence is part of the ongoing crackdown on dissent in bahrain but says it's was a clear i mean since all of the political leaders are imprisoned old or so you.

arabia and the united arab emirates severed all ties with castro in two thousand and seventeen shaikh ali selman was the leader of bahrain's largest sheol position group thought it was outlawed and ordered to be dissolved in two thousand and sixteen as part of a crackdown on dissent in the kingdom bahrain has a shia majority but is ruled by a son mnemonic e rights groups say the charges against him a politically motivated some on is already in jail after being arrested in two thousand and fifteen is currently serving a four year sentence on charges of inciting hatred and insulting the interior ministry why misty international is calling for the immediate release of shakeout and all other prisoners of conscience. he's been detained since twenty at the end of twenty three fourteen. is serving a four year sentence. the new charges. are absurd in the sense that back in twenty eleven when the uprising was happening there was a they were attempts to mediate and to to find a solution to to the situation and. charity sandman had found holes with the minister of foreign of all of affairs of state