Bahrain to auction Al Wefaq's seized assets
Manama : Bahrain will auction the confiscated assets of the main opposition group Al Wefaq Islamic Society in the kingdom after it was dissolved over terrorism-related charges, a judicial source said Saturday.
An administrative court on Thursday ordered the auctioning of Al-Wefaq's assets to be held on October 26, the source said.
After the latest court decision, security forces seized Al-Wefaq's assets including its headquarters outside Manama and two other offices, the source said.
The accusations that led to the ban upheld by an appeals court last month included "harbouring terrorism", inciting violence and encouraging demonstrations which threatened to spark sectarian strife in the country.
Al-Wefaq's leader, Sheikh Ali Salman, has been behind bars since December 2014 on charges of inciting hatred and calling for forceful regime change.
But on Monday Bahrain's cassation court overturned his nine-year jail sentence and ordered a retrial.
Al-Wefaq was the largest group in parliament before its lawmakers resigned en masse in protest in 2011.
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