La situation s’envenime un peu plus chaque jour au Bahrein, avec l’opposition qui suspend sa participation au dialogue national à la suite de la perquisition de la maison de Sh. Eissa Qassem
Main Bahrain opposition group temporarily boycotts talks -
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Main Bahrain opposition group temporarily boycotts talks
Bahrain’s information affairs minister, Samira Rajab, said Al-Wefaq’s decision to boycott the talks showed the group was not serious about helping overcome the problems that continue to divide the U.S.-allied Gulf Arab state.
Wefaq cited a raid by security forces on the home of Ayatollah Sheikh Issa Qassim near the capital Manama on May 17 and what it said was the deliberate “delay and absence of positive response” by government representatives at the talks as reasons for pulling out.
“Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, and in coordination with the national democratic opposition parties, declares it will temporarily stop attending the dialogue’s preparation sessions for two weeks,” it said in a statement.
In a statement to state media, Bahrain’s chief of public security made no mention of the raid on Qassim’s home but said police in the area early on Friday had come under fire from a “locally made weapon”, injuring two officers.
In response, “necessary measures were taken to reinforce the security force patrols with members of an anti-terrorism unit ... to uncover the source of the gunfire”, Major-General Tariq Al-Hassan told the state news agency BNA.