Bahrain's Justice Ministry files lawsuit to suspend Shiite Al-Wefaq opposition group
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Bahrain's Justice Ministry has filed a lawsuit to suspend the activities of the country's main Shiite opposition group Al-Wefaq for three months.
Bahrain's official news agency reported Sunday that the ministry is taking Al-Wefaq to court so that the group can "correct its legal status" after failing to comply with rules of transparency when holding general meetings.
Earlier this month, top Al-Wefaq figures met with a U.S. State Department official without a Bahraini government representative present. This angered the Gulf country's leadership, who ordered U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Tom Malinowski to immediately leave Bahrain.
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Bahrain, which hosts the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet, has been rocked by more than three years of Shiite-dominated protests demanding greater political rights from the Sunni monarchy.