After the 2011 revolution the Bahraini government arrested mainly Shiite leaders under various pretexts.One of these people is Ali Salman, the secretary general of the Jamiat al-Wefaq. Despite cooperating with the regime in the negotiation process and fulfilling the dem More
After the 2011 revolution the Bahraini government arrested mainly Shiite leaders under various pretexts.One of these people is Ali Salman, the secretary general of the Jamiat al-Wefaq. Despite cooperating with the regime in the negotiation process and fulfilling the demands of the Bahraini regime in calming the movement, he was eventually arrested by Al-Khalifa and defended himself in court. The purpose of this study is to identify the prevailing discourse and the authority of Salman as a window to get acquainted with one of Bahrain's political discourses.This article seeks to explain and analyze Ali Salman's defense in the Bahraini court and to answer the question of what are the discourse components governing Ali Salman's defense in the Bahraini government court?Findings of this article that have been compiled using interpretive method and discourse and analytical analysis;It represents a kind of moderate and reformist discourse(as opposed to revolutionary discourse)in Salman's defense.Among the qualitative variables mentioned in the analysis of Van Dijk`s critical discourse,Salman has used the words, quotation, good interpretation and polarization the most.The hypothesis of this research is that the Al-Khalifa regime is not reformable and always tries to keep the Bahraini people away from the movement by making baseless promises
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