Bahrain court backs sentence to jail term top Shiite cleric

Bahrain's supreme court upheld a one-year jail term for Shiite spiritual leader Sheikh Isa Qassim and confirmed a decision to revoke the cleric's citizenship, a legal source said.

Sheik Isa Qassim, Bahrain's top Shiite Muslim cleric, center, smiles during a gathering of Shiite clerics at a mosque in Manama, Bahrain. Source: AAP (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali, File)

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