Ibrahim Sharif, the former secretary-general of the National Democratic Action Society, was convicted today on a charge of inciting hatred. The court dismissed a charge Sharif faced accusing him of promoting the toppling of Bahrain's government.
Sharif made the speech in July 2015, just a month after being freed after serving over four years in prison for his role in 2011 protests. The secular, leftist political group Sharif once headed also goes by the Arabic name Waad.