Bahraini Gov’t Suspends Talks with Opposition, Continues Crackdown

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The Bahraini government has officially suspended reconciliation talks with opposition groups aimed at ending nearly three years of political deadlock in the tiny Gulf kingdom.

State news agency BNA said on Wednesday evening that government representatives made the decision after opposition representatives failed to show up for a scheduled meeting in Manama.

The opposition stopped attending the meetings as long ago as September in protest at the arrest of Khalil al-Marzouq, a senior leader of the opposition group al-Wefaq on charges of inciting terrorism.
A government spokesman was not immediately available to comment on Thursday.

Meanwhile, security forces in Bahrain have attacked anti-regime protesters in a village west of the capital, Manama, wounding two people.

The al-Khalifa regime has confirmed the incident, which happened in the village of Marakh on Thursday. There has been no word on the condition of the two wounded men.
Also on Thursday, Bahraini regime forces arrested Shia cleric Sayyed Mohammad al-Moussawi after storming his house in Bani Jamrah, a village in the northwest of the country.

In parallel, pro-democracy protests were held in several towns, including Sanabis and Samahis.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team