MANAMA, Bahrain: The government of Bahrain has issued a warning it will take indefinite measures against the Gulf state's main Shia opposition group after it organized a mass demonstration breaking a government ban.

Bahrain is home to 75 percent Shia population.

The daily Al-Ayyam quoted on Saturday Information Minister and State Minister for Foreign Affairs Muhammad Abdul-Ghaffar as saying that the Islamic National Accord Association (INAA) headed by Shaikh Ali Salman “will face legal measures after it organised an unlawful demonstration yesterday.”

Newspapers carried a similar warning issued by the interior minister Rashid bin Abdullah Al-Khalifa late on Friday after thousands of people took to the streets of Sitra, the archipelago's third largest island located south of Manama, in response to the INAA's call to press for constitutional reforms.

INAA leader Shaikh Ali Salman led the march, in which representatives of three other political groupings allied with his association - the leftist National Democratic Action Association, the Nationalist Democratic Rally, which is a pan-Arab nationalist group, and the Islamic Action Association - also took part.

“Our demands are legitimate, (we want) constitutional amendments,” chanted the demonstrators, who numbered more than 10,000, according to independent estimates.

Abdul-Ghaffar did not explain the “measures” which would be taken against the INAA, the main political formation of Bahrain's majority Shias, amid speculation that the government could either order its temporary suspension or withdraw its licence to operate.                

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