General Secretary of Bahrain's main opposition party Al Wefaq Sheikh Ali Salman speaks during an anti-government sit-in organized in the village of Sitra, south of Manama, May 3, 2013. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed
MANAMA (Reuters) - Bahrain's public prosecutor has charged the head of the main Shi'ite opposition group with insulting the interior ministry, state news agency BNA said on Sunday, in a move that could further unsettle the Gulf island state.
Sheikh Ali Salman, secretary-general of the al-Wefaq Islamic Association, was the most senior opposition figure charged since majority Shi'ites began protests in 2011 to demand political reform and a greater role in running the country.
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