Yesterday, Bahrain’s fourth Criminal Court sentenced Ibrahim Sharif, prominent opposition leader and former Secretary-General of the left-wing secular National Democratic Action Society (Wa’ad), to one year of imprisonment on charges of “inciting hatred against the regime”.  Sharif was also accused of “incitement to overthrow the government through forceful means”, but the court dismissed the charge.

On 12 July 2015, Sharif...
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