Bahrain’s High Court Upholds Dissolution of Political Party
According to al-Laulau website, a ruling to dissolve Wa’ad and hand over all its properties to the treasury was upheld by the supreme court on Monday.
Back in May 2017, Bahrain’s administrative court ruled to dissolve the party.
In March that year, Bahrain’s Ministry of Justice, Islamic Affairs and Endowments had accused Wa’ad of “incitement of acts of terrorism and promoting violent and forceful overthrow” of the Manama regime.
It also claimed that the political group “glorified convicted terrorists and saboteurs who used weapons and detonated bombs in killing and wounding several security [personnel], threatened citizens and residents' safety and damaged private and public properties.”
Bahraini authorities had earlier dissolved the country’s main Shia opposition group, Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, as well as Islamic Enlightenment Society (Tawiya) and al-Risala Society.
Since 2011, Bahrain has been the scene of peaceful anti-regime protests against the systematic abuse of the Shia population and discrimination against them.
The Bahraini regime has responded to the protests with excessive and lethal force, which has drawn international criticism.
