'Final nail in the coffin of reform': Bahrain dissolves opposition group

Middle East Eye

A Bahraini appeals court on Thursday upheld an order dissolving the country’s main opposition group despite international criticism of the Gulf kingdom’s intensified crackdown on dissent.

A lower court had ordered the dissolution of the al-Wefaq association in July over accusations including “harbouring terrorism” and ordered its funds to be seized by the government.

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