Bahrain Moves to Dissolve Major Opposition Groupbr The group, the National Democratic Action Society, or Waad, was accused by the ministry of "serious violations targeting the principle of respecting the rule of law, supporting terrorismbr and sanctioning violence." The secular organization called the move an attempt to stamp out dissent and vowed to fight the ministry in court.br By REUTERSMARCH 6, 2017br DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Bahrain’s justice ministry has filed a lawsuit intended to dissolve a major opposition groupbr that it accuses of supporting terrorism, the state-run Bahrain News Agency reported on Monday.br Bahrain, where the American Navy’s Fifth Fleet is based, has been a political flash point since the Arab Spring protests of 2011br led by the nation’s Shiite majority were put down by the Sunni-led government with the help of other Persian Gulf Arab states.br The crackdown entered a new phase last year when the authorities banned the main Shiite Muslim opposition group, Al Wefaq,br and revoked the citizenship of the country’s top Shiite cleric.br Al Wefaq won 18 out of 40 seats in elections in 2010, but pulled out of Parliament a year later during the Arab Spring crackdown.br A government advisory body passed a constitutional amendment on Sunday authorizingbr military trials of civilians suspected of attacking security forces.