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Bahraini
political
activist released from
prison
Bahraini activist Ibrahim
Sharif was freed from
prison on Monday after
serving a yearlong sentence
over comments supporting
political change in the
kingdom, his supporters
and family said.
Sharif is the former
secretary-general of the
secular, leftist National
Democratic Action Society,
which also goes by the
Arabic name Waad. He is
one of several civil society
activists jailed in the tiny
Bahrain's
Sunni-ruled
government crushed the
2011 protests, which were
dominated by the country's
Shiite majority, but lowlevel unrest continues.
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his
imprisonment.
He
was rushed to the military
hospital following a drop
in his heart rate, as a
result of his deteriorating
health and psychological
condition after being held
in solitary confinement
at the notorious Al-Riffa
detention center.
Verdict on dissolving
Bahrain opposition due
next week
A Bahraini court will hand
down its verdict next week
in the government's bid to
dissolve the main opposition
group Al-Wefaq, accused of
harbouring "terrorism," a
judicial source said Monday.
The date of July 17 was set
as the court convened in
the absence of the defence
team which walked out
last month in protest at
the government's push to
accelerate the process.
The United States has called
on Bahrain to reconsider
the move to dissolve Al-
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Wefaq Official: We
Werent
Officially
Informed by Court
About
Al-Wefaq
Suspension,
Its
a
Political Decision
A senior source from AlWefaq National Islamic
Society denied that the
opposition group received
any official notice from
the court, regarding the
Justice Ministry's request to
suspend and dissolve it.
The source further stated
that the decision to suspend
Al-Wefaq is political and
has nothing to do with
any charges, adding that
the authorities have also
failed to cover it up with
judicial procedures. It also
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