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FILE- In this Friday, Sept. 20, 2013 file photo, Leaders of opposition groups, including Sheik Ali Salman, head of the largest Shiite Muslim opposition society Al Wefaq, front row fourth left, participates with thousands of Bahrainis carrying national flags and posters of jailed political and religious opposition figures in a rally in Muqsha, Bahrain. A court in Bahrain has the ordered the country’s last functioning opposition group dissolved and its property confiscated. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali, File) ORG XMIT: BAH101

Dissolution of Bahraini ‘Waad’ Association, Liquidation of Its Funds

by Obaid Al-Suhaymi | Jun 1, 2017 | Middle East

Manama- Bahrain’s High Civil Court ordered the dissolution of the National Democratic Action Society (Waad) and the liquidation of its assets, the Ministry of Justice and Islamic Affairs said. The court said that Waad used on its official online account the term...

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Ibrahim Sharif as convicted on a charge of inciting hatred. Photograph: Hasan Jamali/AP

Bahraini Insurgent Jailed for Insulting Ruling System

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Feb 24, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

A well-known Bahraini insurgent was sentenced to a year in jail on Wednesday year for incitement against the kingdom’s ruling system but dropped a more serious charge of promoting political change by illegal ways, a judicial official said. Ibrahim Sharif, the...

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File photo of former Syrian Muslim Brotherhood General Guide Ali Sadreddine Al-Bayanuni. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Syrian Muslim Brotherhood promise new party

by Mohammed Al-Shafey | Nov 8, 2013 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Syrian Muslim Brotherhood has announced the conclusion of its political consultations over the formation of a new political party named the National Constitution and Freedom Party, to be known by its Arabic name, Waad (The Promise). In...