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Bahrain suspends all activities by Shia opposition group al-Wefaq

Tuesday, 14 June 2016 8:31 PM [ Last Update: Tuesday, 14 June 2016 8:32 PM ]

Bahraini men hold placards bearing the portrait of Sheikh Ali Salman, head of the Shia opposition movement Al-Wefaq, during a protest on May 29, 2016 against his arrest, at Al wefaq headquarter building, in the village of Zinj on the outskirts of the capital Manama. ©AFP

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