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| Bahraini opposition group slapped with 3-month suspension |
| 2014-10-29 |
| [ARABNEWS] Bahrain has suspended the activities of the country's main opposition group, Al-Wefaq, for three months, a court ruling showed on Tuesday, ahead of a November parliamentary election which the group has already pledged to boycott. The reported move appeared to be the result of a court case brought by the government in July against the organization, arguing it had broken the law and its own statutes. A copy of the court ruling said Al-Wefaq was in violation of the law concerning political societies, which also says that the Justice Minister can request the High Civil Court to stop the activities of a society "for a period not exceeding three months during which it removes the reasons for the violation." It said Al-Wefaq also failed to provide the Justice Ministry with documents that relate to the organization of the group's general conferences. The court said the group's activities were being carried out in a "fog, without any legal supervision." |
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