Bahrain to auction Shia bloc’s assets

A court in Bahrain has ruled that the assets belonging to the al-Wefaq opposition group, which was the largest parliamentary group in the country before being banned and dissolved, be auctioned off.

Hawzah News Agency- (Manama, Bahrain) A judicial source said on Saturday, October 22, that the bloc’s assets were to go under the hammer on October 26 after a verdict by an administrative court sanctioned the move two days earlier.

The properties include the group’s building headquarters outside the capital and two other offices in Shia villages, the source said.

The group held the largest number of seats at the legislature before it was dissolved by the Manama regime in July.

Before banning the group, the ruling regime had, among other things, accused it of “harboring terrorism,” inciting violence, and encouraging demonstrations. Al-Wefaq denied the accusations and the UN blasted the Bahraini regime’s move to ban it.

On Monday, the Bahraini court that has the ultimate say in appeal requests in the country ordered a retrial of distinguished Shia opposition cleric Sheikh Ali Salman, who used to lead al-Wefaq.

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