Qatar rejects accusations of meddling in Bahrain internal affairs

DUBAI: Qatar rejects accusations of meddling in Bahrain’s internal affairs, Qatar’s foreign ministry said in a tweet.

“The State of Qatar condemns that its name was mentioned in Bahrain’s internal conflicts,” the ministry said.

بيان: دولة #قطر تستنكر الزجّ باسمها في خلافات البحرين الداخليةhttps://t.co/lHOiBM4boP #وزارة_الخارجية_قطر pic.twitter.com/SflpBOxofA

— الخارجية القطرية (@MofaQatar_AR) November 5, 2018

A Bahraini court on Sunday ordered life sentences for three senior opposition members, overturning a previous acquittal on charges of spying for Qatar.

Bahrain's appeals court sentenced the head of the country's Shia opposition movement to jail for life on Sunday over charges of spying for rival Gulf state Qatar, a judicial source said.



Sheikh Ali Salman, who headed the now-outlawed Al-Wefaq movement, had been acquitted by the high criminal court in June, a verdit the public prosecution appealed.



Bahrain, along with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, severed all ties with Qatar in 2017, banning their citizens from travel to or communication with the emirate over what they say are Doha's ties to both Iran and radical groups.