Al-Wefaq Deputy Secretary General Sheikh Hussein Al-Daihi officially announced boycotting the upcoming Parliamentary and municipal elections.

The National Islamic Al-Wefaq Society organized on Tuesday (October 9, 2018) its first press conference since a final ruling was issued by the policitized Bahraini judiciary to dissolve it.

Former MP and Al-Wefaq member Ali Al-Aswad said in tweets on his Twitter account that "threatening boycotters or those calling to boycott the formal elections is a return to the state security law, which is one of the worst periods of political governance in the world."

Leader in Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, Ali Al-Aswad, called for boycotting the elections to be held on November 24.

Al-Wefaq leader Ali Al-Aswad said that the Parliamentary elections won't yield a sustainable solution to the current crisis in Bahrain.

Bahraini court adjourned on Thursday (March 22, 2018) the trial of opposition leader and Al-Wefaq Secretary-General and two Al-Wefaq leaders Sheikh Hassan Sultan and Ali Al-Aswad until April 24 for pleading.

Former Bahraini MP Ali Al-Aswad described the Ministry of Interior’s announcement that it arrested a new cell including 116 persons as “worn out conversation aimed at demanding more financial support from two Gulf States”. “Stop the nonsense,” Al-Aswad said, calling on the authorities to put an end to these allegations.

Fourth Criminal Court in Bahrain adjourned the trial of opposition leader and Secretary-General of Al-Wefaq, Sheikh Ali Salman, until March 22 to enable the defense to present their evidence.

Prominent Al-Wefaq official Ali Al-Aswad said that the Bahraini authorities have failed to convince the international community that the opposition is a terrorist group.

The Fourth High Criminal Court adjourned on Monday (February 19, 2018) the case of opposition leader and Al-Wefaq Secretary-General Sheikh Ali Salman and two Al-Wefaq leaders Sheikh Hassan Sultan and Ali Al-Aswad over charge of “colluding with Qatar” until March 1, 2018.

Prominent Bahraini opposition figure Ali Al-Aswad said that disseminating the medical information of the spiritual leader of the Shiite majority, Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim, without his permission is a violation of professional ethics.

Prominent Bahraini opposition figure Ali Al-Aswad said the Bahraini government’s official position on recent events in Saudi Arabia was “siding with party that has the upper hand.”

Bahraini opposition figure Ali Al-Aswad said that claiming that “there are Shiite officers in the interior and defense ministries is absurd,” in his response to a statement made by the Bahraini Foreign Ministry.

The prominent opposition leader and former Al-Wefaq MP Ali Al-Aswad said that the political work will continue until people’s demands outlined the Manama document, presented by the opposition as a project to put an end to the political crisis in Bahrain, are achieved.

The prominent Al-Wefaq leader Ali Al-Aswad said that there won’t be a solution to the crisis witnessed in the country without engaging all components of the country in managing the state and starting an inclusive political process, stressing that the crisis “would last for many years and people’s steadfastness will continue for even longer years”.

My challenge is clear to the authorities. The opposition wants dialogue and has consistently said this on a regular basis for the past six years.

Former Bahraini MP for the al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, Ali al-Aswad, said that the constitutional amendment that was recently approved by the National Assembly, primarily targets “dissidents and human rights defenders, and not those accused of terrorism-linked cases.”

Former Bahraini Member of Parliament for the opposition al-Wefaq Bloc, deemed the Bahraini authorities responsible for the country’s deteriorating situation.

Information reported that the young men who were detained by civilian armed forces on the dawn of Thursday (January 26, 2017), informed their families that they are held in the Criminal Investigations Department building.

Bahrain's main opposition al-Wefaq has appealed against an administrative court ruling last month that dissolved the group and found it guilty of fostering terrorism, a leading Wefaq official said on Tuesday.