Bahraini court ruled on Tuesday that all activities by the Bahraini largest political group has been suspended and its assets have been frozen amid a widening crackdown on activists calling for better human rights in their country

Bahraini court ruled on Tuesday that all activities by the Bahraini largest political group has been suspended and its assets have been frozen amid a widening crackdown on activists calling for better human rights in their country.

The ruling came only two hours after Bahraini Justice Minister Khaled Bin Ali Al Khalifa filed a suit against the political group. The minister claimed the group had provided a safe haven to ‘terrorism’ and ‘aggression’ and paved the ground for ‘foreign interferences in internal matters.’

In a statement Tuesday on the state-run Bahrain News Agency, the Justice Ministry said it has suspended the Al-Wefaq opposition group and frozen its assets.


It also comes a day after authorities detained Nabeel Rajab, a prominent activist and the president of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights. Zainab al-Khawaja, another prominent activist, also fled for Denmark in recent days over fears of being imprisoned again.

Bahrain crushed the 2011 peaceful protests with the help of troops from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.