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Eugene

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Tue Jun 14, 2016, 10:06 AM Jun 2016

Bahrain suspends main Shia opposition group

Source: BBC

Bahrain suspends main Shia opposition group

14 June 2016 Middle East

The government in Bahrain has suspended all activities by the Sunni Muslim-ruled kingdom's leading Shia Muslim opposition grouping.

A justice ministry statement cited by state media said the offices of the Wefaq National Islamic Society had also been closed and its assets frozen.

A lawyer for Wefaq, whose leader has been jailed for inciting unrest, said the move had came "out of the blue".

Wefaq has helped lead pro-democracy protests in the country since 2011.

That February, demonstrators took to the streets to demand greater political rights and an end to discrimination against the Shia majority.

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Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-36528013
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