Bahrain holds parliament elections on Saturday in an environment that rights groups describe as “political repression” after the US-allied Gulf Arab state has dissolved main opposition groups and cracked down on dissent. Polling stations opened at 8:00 am in the Sunni-ruled island state, which crushed a 2011 anti-government uprising led largely by the Shia Muslim community that has long complained of discrimination, a charge denied by authorities. Ahead of the vote, which includes municipal polls, rights group Amnesty International criticised “highly restrictive measures” that bar members of b…