20 Sep, 2016
Switzerland concerned about Al-Wefaq dissolution and travel bans for activists
On 19 September, the Swiss representative at the United Nations Human Rights Council expressed his country's concern about the dissolution of Bahrain's major opposition party the Al-Wefaq Islamic National Society, and increasing the imprisonment sentence against its Secretary General Sheikh Ali Salman to 9 years. He also condemned the travel ban imposed on the Bahraini rights activists.
Read the full statement here (French only).