The security authorities released on Friday (June 30, 2017) Shiite cleric and preacher of Al-Kheif Mosque in Al-Dair, Sheikh Isa Al-Moamen, after finishing his 3-month jail term over a Friday sermon he delivered on the onset of August 2016.

Bahrain's senior religious clerics said that the trial and conviction of His Eminence Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Ahmad Qassim, represented a major shock.

Sheikh Maytham Al-Salman said in an interview with French newspaper Le Monde, said that issuing a verdict convicting Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim, the supreme Shiite authority in Bahrain, would exacerbate the rage of the Shiite majority.

Human rights organizations called on diplomatic missions of the UN Human Rights Council member-states to intervene in the trial of Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim, the most prominent Shiite leader in Bahrain.

Campaign launched by Bahraini security authorities against Shiite majority in the country is intensifying as more arbitrary measures are being taken.

Human rights activist Safaa Al-Khawaja, quoted families of detainees in Jaw Central Prison as saying that the prison's police bet one of the detainees for reciting Dua'a Kumail on Thursday night, and that he was returned to the prison cell while suffering from fatigue due to beating.

Bahrain's Supreme Court upheld 7-year jail term against a suspect and 10-year jail term against another one over assembling in Diraz.

Eyewitnesses said that the security authorities raided the house of Shiite cleric Sheikh Mohammad Saleh Al-Qashaami and arrested him along with his son "Abu Al-Fadel" and daughter.

When Jamal Fakhro mocks the besieged residents of Bahrain’s Diraz, he is actually mocking the neoliberal face he represents.

Hundreds of Bahrainis took to the streets in a mass protest that was launched from the Imam Sadiq Mosque, condemning the sectarian persecution practiced against Shia in Bahrain.

The Bahraini authorities have continued to prevent the Shia majority from performing their largest Friday prayer in the Imam Al-Sadiq mosque in Diraz.

The final US Embassy cables on Ashura in Bahrain that WikiLeaks managed to leak discussed the Ashura commemorations during December of 2009.

Bahrain’s Appeals Court adjourned (Wednesday November 23, 2016) the case of three detained Shiite clerics until January 2017.

Mass protests kicked off in difference areas in Bahrain, expressing solidarity with the Shiite majority spiritual leader, Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim, on the night of his trial.

A massive suicide blast at a Shiite mosque in Kabul killed at least 27 people Monday and wounded 64 as worshippers gathered for the religious ceremony of Arbaeen Imam Hussein (PBUH), officials said.

Hundreds of Bahraini demonstrators denounced Bahraini authorities crackdown preventing Shia worshipers from holding largest Friday congregational prayers

Bahraini authorities continued their crackdown preventing the Shia from holding their largest Friday prayers at Imam Sadiq Mosque in Diraz.

Deputy Public Security Head Khalifa bin Ahmad Al Khalifa decided to deactivate his Instagram account, following scandal that involved him insulting Shiite citizens of his country.

Bahrain’s Public Prosecution released two human rights activists after questioning them over two separate assembly cases.

Bahrain’s public prosecution questioned the political assistant of the Al-Wefaq Secretary-General, Khalil Al-Marzooq, over Diraz assembly.