Bahrain court suspends main opposition group
By Alison Sacriponte on Oct 28, 2014 01:37 pm[JURIST] A Bahrain court on Tuesday ordered the country's main Shiite opposition group, Al-Wefaq [GU Berkley Center Backgrounder] to suspend all activities. Bahrain's Ministry of Justice [official website, in Arabic] filed the lawsuit [JURIST report] in July. The ruling means that Al-Wefaq cannot operate for three months in the Gulf island kingdom. The group cannot organize rallies or press conferences, issue statements or use its offices. Earlier this month Al-Wefaq announced it would boycott November 22 elections because it felt... +read more
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