Al Meethaq
Al-Meethaq (
Shi'a businessmen from well-known families in 2002.[1]
It won no seats in the
Council of Representatives of Bahrain.[2]
With other liberal groups, al-Meethaq has established the
Al-Muntada activist group which campaigns for personal freedoms.[3]
The party's leader is Ahmad Juma, who is culture editor of the newspaper Al Ayam.
Bahraini uprising
On 16 February 2011, the third day of the
Bahraini uprising, al-Meethaq said that it was unconstitutional to ask for devolution of power and establishment of an elected government. "The repeated statements by Ali Salman, head of Al Wefaq about devolution of power and an elected government are completely flawed", the statement said.[4]
See also
References
- ^ "Bahrain - Political Parties". Global Security. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
- Daily Star (Lebanon), 7 September 2004
- ^ Bahrain Forum to campaign for personal freedoms Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine, Gulf News, 20 November 2005
- ^ "جمعية الميثاق تؤكد عدم دستورية مطالب تداول السلطة". Al-Wasat. 16 February 2011. Retrieved 11 January 2012.
External links
- Party website (Arabic)
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