On the 14th of June 2016, the Bahraini authorities shut down the headquarters of the main opposition group in the country, Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, without any prior warning.

France said Monday (December 12, 2016) that it “notes with concern the upholding of the nine-year prison sentence for al-Wefaq’s secretary-general, Sheikh Ali Salman, whose movement – the main opposition party – was dissolved in July by the courts.”

Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society said that the Bahraini regime’s step to uphold a 9-year imprisonment sentence against national opposition leader Sheikh Ali Salman is “an adventure” which further aggravates the political, economic, and human rights situation.

Britain's Prince Charles and his wife Camilla began wrapping up their trip to Bahrain on Friday, as a leader of the island's secular opposition warned their visit could "whitewash" an ongoing crackdown on dissent.

Activists on social media said that the authorities summoned a number of Al-Wefaq leaders and activists for interrogation in the public prosecution without knowing the nature of cases to be investigated.

The Supreme Appeals Court adjourned today (November 6, 2016) the first appeal hearing in the case of al-Wefaq Secretary General, Sheikh Ali Salman. The date assigned to issue a verdict on this case was December 4, 2016.

The Al-Wasat newspaper said that the government issued an official decision to stop the measures of the auction that was going to be held on (November 6, 2016). Al-Wefaq headquarters movables in Al-Zinj, Karana and Al-Malikiya were supposed to be sold in the auction.

Deputy S-G of Al-Wefaq Sheikh Hussein Al-Daihi called on the people of Bahrain and Al-Wefaq supporters to deal with Al-Wefaq suspension as “a point of failure by the authorities" and "use it to serve the interest of our national project, for the sake of shifting towards justice and democracy”.

The Gulf News “Akhbar alKhaleej” newspaper known to have close ties with Bahraini Prime Minister, said that authorities postponed the auction to sell al-Wefaq belongings, until November 6.

Bahraini scholars denounced the raiding on the Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society’s headquarters (the largest opposition association) by the security authorities, and the confiscation of their belongings aiming at selling them in an auction.

Bahrain’s security forces raided today (Thursday October 20, 2016) the headquarters of Bahrain’s biggest opposition societies, The National Islamic Society, al-Wefaq in Bilad al-Qadeem, according to eyewitnesses.

The Second High Civil Appeals Court approved (on September 22, 2016), the First Instance Court’s ruling to dissolve al-Wefaq Society, liquidate its assets, and close its headquarters.

The Bahraini Royal Court-affiliated al-Watan newspaper published the complete text of the First Instance Court decision to dissolve the National Islamic Society al-Wefaq, Bahrain’s biggest political opposition society.

Deputy Secretary General of al-Wefaq National Islamic Society in Bahrain, Sheikh Hussein al-Daihi, expressed his condolences to the Yemeni people over the Sanaa massacre

Bahrain's top court rejected Monday a request to release Shiite opposition chief cleric Ali Salman, who is serving a nine-year jail term on charges of inciting hatred and forceful regime change.

The resigned MP and political activist Ali Al-Asheeri demanded to stop the dismounted patrols that wander Al-Dair village and ask the citizens to present their IDs.

The Unitary National Democratic Assemblage (Al-Wahdawi) warned of the repercussions of dissolving Al-Wefaq Society, the biggest political opposition society in Bahrain.

More member states at the UN Human Rights Council condemned the measures adopted by the Bahraini authorities against the Bahraini opposition and civil society institutions.

An appeals court on Thursday dismissed a challenge to the dissolution of Bahrain's main Shi'ite Muslim opposition group, a newspaper reported, in effect affirming a lower court decision condemned by the United States and the United Nations in July.

The Deputy Secretary-General of Al-Wefaq, Sheikh Hussein Al-Daihi, said that the authorities’ move to dissolve Al-Wefaq, the largest political society in Bahrain, and liquidate its funds is a dangerous step.