Bahrain asks court to temporarily suspend two more opposition groups

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Bahrain has asked a court to temporarily suspend the activities of two more opposition groups, state news agency BNA said on Thursday, in a move that could further deepen political tensions in the Gulf Arab state. The decision came less than a week after the Justice Ministry filed a lawsuit against Bahrain's main opposition group, Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, citing what it said were legal violations committed in running its activities. Bahrain, home to the U.S. Fifth Fleet, quelled a popular uprising in 2011 when majority Shi'ite Muslims led mass protests demanding a greater role in running the Sunni-ruled island state, but low level civil unrest has persisted. BNA said the Justice Ministry had asked a court to stop the Justice and Development Movement (JDM) from working for three months "until it rectifies its legal status in accordance with the law and its own rules".

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