Bahrain's main opposition party Al Wefaq leader Sheikh Ali Salman speaks to Reuters at the party's headquarters in Bilad Al Qadeem, west of Manama, October 28, 2014. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed
MANAMA (Reuters) - An opposition leader will go on trial this month on charges of promoting the violent overthrow of Bahrain's political system, his lawyer and authorities said on Monday, in a move likely to further inflame unrest in the Gulf kingdom.
Sheikh Ali Salman, head of the Shi'ite Muslim al-Wefaq Islamic Society, was arrested on Dec. 28 after leading a protest rally against elections in November which his party boycotted.
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