EXTERNAL ACTION / (ae) bahrain

EU denounces judicial decision to dissolve Al Wefaq

Brussels, 19/07/2016 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 19 July, the spokesperson for the European External Action Service (EEAS) said the EU expected the verdict to be “reversed” of a Bahraini court to dissolve the Al Wefaq political society and freeze its assets.

In the EEAS press release, the spokesperson said this verdict of 17 July was “the last of a series of worrying developments in the country” (EUROPE 11588). For the EU, “Bahrain's stability and security can only be achieved...