Clerics in Bahrain called for participating in marches to voice support for families’ right to receive the bodies of martyrs.

Imprisoned Bahraini opposition leader Sheikh Ali Salman condemned the ruling issued against the spiritual leader of the country's Shiite population, Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim, describing it as an "arbitrary sentence," and a "reinforcement of a policy of systematic sectarian oppression and organized targeting of the Shiite community."

France 24 channel said in an article on its website that “president Trump is accused of giving the green light to Bahrain’s king, whom he met in Riyadh, to escalate oppression against his Shiite citizens.”

A Bahrain court has given a journalist working for France 24 and Radio Monte Carlo Doualiya a $2,650 fine for reporting without government accreditation.

The Associated Press said that the Gulf witnessed a number of political unrests after US president Donald Trump’s visit to Riyadh.

Reporters without Borders (RSF) said in a statement on its website that it “urges the Bahrain authorities to drop its prosecution of the journalist Nazeeha Saeed on the eve of a verdict in her case, and to halt their efforts to intimidate journalists.”

The National Democratic Action Society (Wa’ad) demanded the authorities to withdraw the security forces from Diraz, stop the violations against Diraz residents and release the detainees. Wa’ad also called to conduct a transparent investigation into the killing of 5 martyrs and unveil the fate of the other injured.

Human rights activist Hussein Jawad Pervez said that contact with his father (Mohammad Jawad Pervez) and other detained figures in Jaw prison has been lost since 9 days.

The families of the five martyrs (Diraz martyrs) reiterated their demands to the official authorities to hand them over the martyrs' corpses so that they can wash them, hold them a funeral procession in accordance to beliefs and bury them in the cemeteries specified by the families.

The European Union said that the recent developments in Diraz represent "a worrying development", calling on all parties in Bahrain to "resume dialogue".

American political analyst Simon Henderson said in an article that the Diraz events on May 23, 2017, could have dangerous consequences for both Bahrain and Saudi Arabia.

Kuwait's foreign minister met Qatar's ruler on Friday for talks that appeared aimed at trying to ease renewed tensions between Qatar and fellow Gulf Arabs over its policy toward Iran and regional Islamist groups.

Information reported that the security forces buried on Friday (May 26, 2017) the 5 Diraz martyrs, after their families refused to bury them in the cemeteries decided by the Ministry of Interior.

A cleric named Mulla Sadiq Mohammad Ghuloom admitted to praying on the bodies of martyrs even without the permission of their parents and families.

Human rights activist Ibtisam Al-Saegh was admitted to hospital on Friday (May 26, 2017) due to nervous breakdown after 8 hours of interrogation by the national security apparatus.

The Friday preacher in Tehran Ayatollah Sayed Ahmad Khatami, said that the attack on protesters in Diraz, the killing and arrest of dozens is a “brutality”, adding that “never has any government treated its people with such brutality.”

Bahrain scholars said that “the brutal massacre committed by this bloody regime with American-regional complicity and international silence, only increased our strength, firmness and readiness to all possibilities

Al-Hayat Saudi Newspaper said that the Ministry of Culture and Media in the Kingdom blocked many Qatari media website for displaying incitement against Bahrain.

The Kuwaiti Progressive Movement and the Kuwaiti Democratic Platform said that they “following with great concern and regret the events witnessed in the village of Diraz, in the sister Kingdom of Bahrain.

The family of martyr Mohammad Abdul Nabi al-Akri confirmed his martyrdom in the attack launched by regime forces Tuesday (May 23, 2017) against protesters outside the house of Sheikh Isa Qassim in Diraz.