: Human rights activist Zainab Al-Khamis said that the security authorities in Jaw Central Prison dealt “impolitely” with the prominent Shiite cleric Sheikh Mohammad al-Mansi who is serving one-year jail term over performing prayers “without a license from the Jaafaria Endowments (Waqf)”.

The third high criminal (appeals) court decided to add the two cases in which Sheikh Fadel Al-Zaki and Mohamad Jawad Al-Shehabi are sentenced to two years in prison (one year for each case) based on Diraz assembly, to issue the verdict against them on January 17, 2017.

Bahraini authorities have put a prominent human rights lawyer on trial for charges that include insulting state institutions, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Thursday, in a further crackdown on dissent.

A Bahraini court has jailed a journalist for three months over a tweet deemed insulting to religion, Reporters Without Borders said Wednesday.

Bahrain's court sentenced on Tuesday (November 29, 2016) journalist Faisal Hayyat to 3 months in prison.

Salam for Democracy and Human Rights issued a special report about the violations practiced against the Shia majority in Bahrain during Ashura this year.

Bahrain’s minor court handed down on Thursday (November 24, 2016) 3-month jail term to Imam of Al-Kheif mosque Sheikh Isa Al-Moamen over inciting hatred against the regime and set 500 BD as bail to stop the execution of the sentence.

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

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

The Bahrain Forum for Human Rights said it filed an urgent complain to the team responsible for arbitrary detentions at the Human Rights Commission's office to highlight the mystery in the fate of Bahraini citizen Sayed Alawi Hussein Alawi who has been in disappearance for [over] 18 days.

Bahrain Watch said that Diraz Internet shutdown has cost residents more than 100,000 Bahraini Dinars (about 265,000 USD).

In the small town of Diraz, just a few miles from where Prince Charles met with Bahrain's royals, there is graffiti demanding the death of the Gulf island's monarch, armored vehicles with chicken wire on their windows and a tense calm that could be shattered at any time.

Social media activists published photos for vehicles affiliated to the Bahraini Ministry of Interior as they continue their siege on Diraz.

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 Al-Wasat newspaper said that Bahrain prevented 14 Bahraini children from receiving citizenships over political reasons.

A suspect accused in political cases denied before the fourth high criminal court that Sheikh Hassan Isa had funded him to make terrorist acts, detonate or kill policemen.

Bahrain’s Minor Criminal Court adjourned the case of Shiite cleric and Imam of Al-Kheif Mosque Sheikh Isa Al-Moamen and decided to issue its verdict in his case on November 24.

The prominent Shiite cleric Sheikh Hani Al-Banaa said that the authorities charged him with “inciting hatred against the regime and disobedience of law” based on a lecture he delivered in Ashura.

The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) said that it received 7 complaints about Internet problems in Diraz during the third quarter of 2016.

Social media accounts that have close ties with the authorities said that Saleh Al-Khanna submitted a complaint against Sheikh Hussein Al-Daihi over "his speech in Ashura that included inciting hatred against the regime, stirring up sectarianism and sectarian discrimination among people.