An appeal ruling will be handed out next month in the acquittal of three opposition figures accused of conspiring with Qatar.
Shaikh Ali Salman, the former secretary general of the now-dissolved Al Wefaq National Islamic Society, and two former Al Wefaq MPs – Hassan Ali Sultan and Ali Al Aswad – were charged with conspiracy, spying on behalf of a foreign state and revealing defence secrets to a foreign country and disseminating information that would harm Bahrain’s status and reputation .