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<p>The Foreign Secretary, my Rt Hon. Friend the Member for Uxbridge and South Ruislip
(Mr Johnson), issued a statement expressing concerns on the day of the Bahraini High
Administrative Court’s decision to dissolve the main Bahraini Shia opposition political
society Al Wefaq. <br> <br>We have raised our concerns about the case of Sheikh Ali
Salman at Ministerial level, including during the visit of the former Foreign Secretary,
my Rt Hon. Friend the member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Mr Hammond), to Bahrain
in May 2016. Embassy officials have attended every hearing and we continue to monitor
the case closely.</p>
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