The Bahrainis took to streets after Friday prayers, demanding the release of the Secretary General of al-Wefaq Islamic Association Sheikh Ali Salman whose arrest term was prolonged till May 20.

The Bahrainis took to streets after Friday prayers, demanding the release of the Secretary General of al-Wefaq Islamic Association Sheikh Ali Salman whose arrest term was prolonged till May 20.

The protestors called on "a necessary transition from dictatorship to democracy."

In the area of al-Diraz western Manama, the protestors held the photos of Sheikh Salman and called on the authorities to release him and to refrain from resorting to the excessive violence against the protestors.

Sheikh Salman's advocate Jalila al-Sayyed said that if the court abstains from referring to his public speeches, the trial is going to be unfair.