Bahraini appeals court upheld a 3-month jail sentence issued against Shiite cleric Sheikh Isa Al-Moemen over charges of “inciting hatred against the regime.”

The Office of Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) hosted a panel at the Russell US Senate Office Building on the sixth anniversary of Bahrain’s pro-democracy uprising.

Mass protests were staged in over 50 areas across Bahrain, marking an extraordinary revolutionary day reflecting the people’s perseverance and adherence to their rights and legitimate demands.

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.

HR Activist Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja’s oration didn’t only attract the attention of political researchers like Justin Gengler but was also focus of US Embassy’s cable in 2009.

Prominent Shia clerics in Bahrain strongly criticized issuance of personal status law for followers of Shiite sect without approval of Shia religious authority.

Bahrain’s security forces raided today (Thursday October 20, 2016) the headquarters of Bahrain’s biggest opposition societies, The National Islamic Society, al-Wefaq in Bilad al-Qadeem, according to eyewitnesses.

A Bahraini court has overturned a 9-year prison term imposed on the country's most prominent opposition leader, in a ruling that could lower political tensions in the Gulf kingdom.

The Bahraini security authorities interrogated 5 Shiite clerics, released 3 of them after more than 10 hours of interrogation on Sunday (October 16, 2016) and detained two of them to present them to the Public Prosecution

The New Arab website reported that Bahraini human rights activist Nabeel Rajab must wait in legal limbo three more weeks for the verdict of his trial.

Thousands of Bahraini citizens continue to commemorate Ashura outside the house of Shiite majority spiritual leader, Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim in Diraz.

The Bahraini authorities exiled Saturday morning (October 8, 2016), member of the Ettifaq Football Club, citizen Mahmoud Khawiri.

Clerics in Bahrain denounced the Bahraini security authorities over their removal of Ashura banners and flags, deeming this move “wrong and cowardly". They further stated that it's an attack on “the religion and its rituals" that undermines "the basics of the religion and nation that have been deep-rooted for hundreds of years.”

The court of cassation refused an urgent request to release the Bahraini opposition leader and Secretary-General of Al-Wefaq, Sheikh Ali Salman.

Hundreds of citizens took part in a mass protest, after the Friday prayers in Diraz, in which they held anti-regime slogans, demanding to put an end to the sectarian persecution against the Shiite sect.

The Bahraini security authorities continued to ban the largest Shiite Friday prayer after preventing the Imam of prayers and worshipers from entering Diraz to reach the Imam Al-Sadiq mosque.

Bahraini citizens continued their open demonstration outside house of Shiite spiritual leader, Sheikh Isa Qassim, in Diraz, marking their 100th day.

Bahraini court decided to release Imam of Al-Khayf Mosque, Sheikh Isa al-Mou’min, after two months of detention.

64 researchers and academics sent letter to UN Secretary General expressing concern regarding recent repressive measures against Sheikh Isa Qassim.

Bahraini Foreign Minister denied existence of any measures practiced against Shiites or any discrimination against them.