The New York Times newspaper said that Bahrain Embassy in Washington claimed that Sheikh Isa Qassim’s family had rejected an offer of an ambulance to take him to the hospital.

Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesman for the UN Secretary-General, expressed hope that Bahrain would allow the highest religious leader in Bahrain Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim to receive the medical treatment he needs.

President of Bahrain Forum for Human Rights Baqer Darwish said that UN parties were informed about the latest dangerous developments in Sheikh Isa Qassim’s health.

Deputy Secretary-General of Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society Sheikh Hussein Al-Daihi said that information revealed that the health of the highest religious authority in Bahrain, Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim, has severely deteriorated.

Activists say a prominent Shiite cleric who has been under house arrest in Bahrain after having his citizenship stripped is seriously ill.

Information revealed on Sunday (November 26, 2017) that the health of the highest religious authority in Bahrain, Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim, has severely deteriorated, which led to calling a doctor to treat him.

Dozens of citizens took part in a protest that marched the streets of sieged Diraz following the afternoon prayers.

The Bahraini security forces continued the house arrest of spiritual leader of Shia majority in the county Sheikh Isa Qassim for the 158th consecutive day.

Hundreds of people staged protests in different villages across Bahrain on Friday (October 20, 2017), demanding to end the house arrest imposed on the spiritual leader of Shia majority Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim and in solidarity with the opposition figures who are detained over leading popular protests in February 2011.

Hundreds of protestors took part in protests in different villages in Bahrain, demanding to lift the house arrest on the spiritual leader of Shia majority Sheikh Isa Qassim and release detainees and condemning children arrest.

«Bahrain Mirror» issued today an e-book entitled “Ashura in Bahrain, US Embassy Wikileaks”, in both English and Arabic. The book is a broad reading into the content of diplomatic cables exchanged between the US Embassy in Manama and the US State Department, about the commemoration of Ashura in Bahrain, between 2005 and 2010.

Ashura played highly effective political roles in all stages of Bahrain throughout history. Since the mid-90s, “It was surprising if not at least one political activist was arrested on the backdrop of an anti-government rhetoric, at the height of Ashura and the entire month of Muharram”.

The Bahraini security authorities intensified their presence in the house surrounding of the spiritual leader of Shia majority, Sheikh Isa Qassim, who has been under house arrest since May 23, 2017.

Mass demonstrations were held in Al-Daraz and different areas across Bahrain Thursday night (September 7, 2017), in protest of the siege imposed on the Diraz region.

The security authorities continued their heavy security presence outside the house of spiritual leader of Shia majority Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim marking 100 days of his house arrest.

Hundreds of Bahrainis took to the streets in different areas across Bahrain, demanding that the authorities lift the house arrest imposed on spiritual leader of the Shiite majority, Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim.

It has been three full months since the spiritual leader of Bahrain's Shiite majority, Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim, was put under house arrest.

Activists on social media outlets expressed their concerns over health of spiritual leader of Shia majority, Sheikh Isa Qassim, who is still being under house arrest since May 23, 2017. Bahrain: Con

Bahrain Forum for Human Rights (BFHR) said that the security authorities are still placing Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim under house arrest in Diraz. This security harassment has been going on for more than 70 days.

Bahraini Interior Ministry turned main entrance to town of Diraz into a “restricted area.”