Security authorities concluded the investigation with opposition leader and Assistant Secretary General of the Al-Wefaq Society, Khalil Al-Marzouq, and he was left to leave the police station. Until now, it is still not clear what the nature of charges against him were.

The Bahraini authorities summoned on Sunday (July 24, 2016) head of arbitral tribunal of Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society Sheikh Jassim Al-Khayat for investigation in the Al-Budai police station.

UN rights office expressed deep regret over Bahraini court decision to dissolve Al-Wefaq and urged authorities to review it.

"We were assigned by Al-Wefaq to represent it before court after defence team withdrew from case in protest".

Amnesty considered that “the Bahraini authorities’ escalating attacks against human rights through the dissolution of Al-Wefaq is a flagrant attack on freedom of expression and association aimed at silencing opponents and critics.”

The European Union stressed that verdict to dissolve Al-Wefaq "is last of series of worrying developments in country."

New York Times said "verdict to dissolve Al-Wefaq marks one of sharpest blows yet against civil society activists."

UN S-G Ban Ki-moon deplored the dissolution of the main opposition political party in Bahrain, Al-Wefaq, condemning the “series of restrictions” imposed on fundamental freedoms.

Foreign Ministry expressed deep regret at US and British statements describing them as "unacceptable" interference in Bahrain's affairs.

Human Rights First's Dooley said move to dissolve Al-Wefaq is sledgehammer in face of Bahrain's already frail politics.

Iran criticised as "unconstructive" Bahraini court's decision to dissolve and seize funds of country's main Shiite opposition group.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi described the court’s decision to dissolve Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society as unconstructive, saying that it comes in the framework of putting pressure on moderate characters and associations in Bahrain.

Former MP to the Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, Ali Alaswad, said that the decision adopted by the Administrative Court to dissolve Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society shall not abolish the opposition's rights at home and abroad. The London-based former MP dubbed the rule [in Bahrain] a political rule that goes against the law.

In justifying this action, the court said that Al-Wefaq Society summoned foreign intervention in many situations, to play an active role in the Bahrain issue.

A Bahraini court dissolved on Sunday (July 17, 2016) Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, the largest opposing group in the country and liquidated its funds.

A Bahrain court on Sunday dissolved the main Shi'ite opposition group al-Wefaq and liquidated the group's funds, media in Bahrain and neighboring Saudi Arabia reported, deepening a crackdown on dissent in the U.S.-allied Gulf kingdom.

Local media in Bahrain are reporting that a court has ordered the country's main Shiite opposition group to be dissolved.

A Bahraini court Sunday ordered the kingdom's main opposition group Al-Wefaq to be dissolved, a judicial source said, after authorities accused it of "harboring terrorism."

Al-Wefaq source denied that the opposition group received any official notice from court, regarding decision to suspend it.

Bahraini court to hand down verdict next week in government's bid to dissolve main opposition group Al-Wefaq.