Summary
Bahrain's jailed Shiite opposition leader Sheikh Ali Salman refused to appear in court Monday to face charges of contacts with Qatar to "overthrow the regime," the attorney general said.
Ruled by the Sunni Al-Khalifa dynasty, Bahrain is home to a Shiite majority that for years has complained of political marginalization.
Bahrain has also accused Iran of backing the protests and aiming to overthrow the government.
Monday, relatives of Bahrain's leading Shiite preacher, who has been under de facto house arrest since 2016, said he was facing serious health issues and had been seen by a team of doctors not linked to the government.
Salman's Al-Wefaq movement was once the largest bloc in Bahrain's elected lower house of Parliament.
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