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Bahraini political organisation
Progressive Democratic Tribune
(
Arabic
:
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), often referred to as
al-Minbar
, is a political organization launched by returning exiles from the underground communist
National Liberation Front ? Bahrain
in 2001.
[3]
Ahmad Al-Thawadi
was its founding chairman. Effectively al-Minbar came to act as a successor to the NLF.
The party has been opposed to sectarian politics and sought to represent constituents whatever their creed. It was also a consistent champion of women's rights and freedom of speech, meaning that its MPs often found themselves allied with liberals. One of its three MPs, Abdulhadi Marhoon, served as the Deputy Speaker from 2002 to 2006.
Al-Minbar also has a youth organization,
Shabeeba Society of Bahrain
, that is active among the students and young workers with a network of regional and international connections with other
left-wing
democratic youth organizations.
Ahead of the
2006 election
, al-Minbar launched the electoral bloc 'National Unity', which had 9 candidates for the
Council of Representatives
, 5 of whom were members of al-Minbar. None of its candidates were elected. At the
2018 election
, al-Minbar won two seats for the Council of Representatives.
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