Al Wefaq National Islamic Society said the re-arrest of opposition figure Ebrahim Shareef just 22 days after his release reflects the size of the rampant political crisis in Bahrain.

Shareef was released after spending nearly five years in prison for expressing his political opinion. His arrest on Sunday highlighted the suffocating security environment in Bahrain as the regime continues to lock up opposition leaders for similar charges all related to freedom of opinion and peaceful political activism.

Al Wefaq said the Bahraini Authority is refusing to implement the recommendations of the United Nations, leaving no chance for reconciliation. Ebrahim Shareef and other opposition figures practiced their right to peacefully raise legitimate demands for reform, Al Wefaq added, this is something that should be encouraged and praised for the good of Bahrain.

The re-arrest of Shareef, together with the arrest of Majeed Milad, former president of the Capital’s municipal council and member of Secretariat in Al Wefaq, and the imprisonment of the opposition leader Sheikh Ali Salman, Al Wefaq’s president of consultative council Jameel Kadhim and prominent human rights defender Nabeel Rajab gives a clear image on the true situation in Bahrain where the regime is silencing each and every voice demanding reform through arrest and trial.

Al Wefaq stressed that the arrest of Shareef does not serve national unity, adding, there is no space to talk about reforms or a real implementation of the BICI or UPR recommendations as the truth is revealed more and more.