The spiritual leader of the Shiite majority in Bahrain, Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim, has returned to his home, where he has been held under house arrest for 325 days.

Bahraini security authorities tightened their siege on house of spiritual leader of Shia majority Sheikh Isa Qassim, by adding more cement barriers around it.

Sayed Moqtada Mohammad Sadeq Al-Sadr, leader of the Sadrist Movement in Iraq, demanding lifting the house arrest imposed on spiritual leader of Shia majority, Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim.

Bahraini authorities continued to impose a house arrest on the spiritual leader of the country's Shiite majority, Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim, for the 300th consecutive day.

The spiritual leader of the Shiite majority in Bahrain, Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim, underwent surgery Friday morning (February 2, 2018) at Ibn Al-Nafees hospital, a medical source said.

The Associated Press reported that supporters on Wednesday said prominent Shiite cleric Sheikh Isa Qassim, who lost his citizenship and remains under house arrest in Bahrain, has returned to a local hospital for surgery.

Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society confirmed that Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim was transferred to the hospital to receive treatment after his health condition has worsened, and since he needs to undergo an important surgery.

Security forces were heavily stationed at the house of the spiritual leader of the Bahraini Shia majority, Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim, on Tuesday (January 30, 2018), said activists on social media.

Bahrain's court of cassation on Monday upheld a one-year suspended jail term for an aide to Shiite spiritual leader Sheikh Isa Qassim and confirmed a decision to revoke his citizenship, a legal source said.

Bahrain’s supreme court on Monday upheld a one-year jail term for Shiite spiritual leader Sheikh Isa Qassim and confirmed a decision to revoke the cleric's citizenship, a legal source said.

A Bahraini cassation court upheld on Monday (January 29, 2018) a one year suspended prison verdict, and citizenship revocation again spiritual leader of Shia majority, Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim.

Security authorities in Bahrain continued to ban the country's Shiite majority from holding their largest Friday prayers for the 81th consecutive week, through the continued siege imposed on Diraz village.

A slow death is what the little king wants for Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim after all his attempts failed, and since he does not dare to bear the shame of direct murder.

The Bahraini security forces continued on (Tuesday, January 9, 2018) the house arrest of spiritual leader of Shia majority in the county Sheikh Isa Qassim for the 232nd consecutive day.

The Bahraini authorities started its first attempt to disperse the Diraz sit-in, which had been staged since June 20, 2016 outside the house of Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim, following a decision revoking his nationality.

2017 was an exhausting year with rougher escalating violence. The political situation ended its 6th year falling deeper into crisis, with eradicating freedom of expression and opinion, issuing harsher and retaliating judicial verdicts. Everything is heading towards ending the last margin of the "state", and in return rule with oppression, tyranny, and suppression of voices and lives.

The highest religious authority Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim returned on Sunday (December 10, 2017) to his besieged house in Diraz, two days after undergoing an urgent surgery.

Dwight Bashir, Director of Research and Policy at USCIRF, welcomed the UN experts’ statement that calls to guarantee the rights of Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim while receiving treatment in the hospital. On his Twitter account, Bashir described the statement as “Wise” and noted that “respecting all people's rights without discrimination based on religion or belief helped prevent conflict and violence”.

Bahrain's Shiite spiritual leader Sheikh Isa Qassim underwent surgery Friday, activists said, days after the dissident cleric was admitted to hospital following a standoff with the authorities over his care.

Bahrain’s top Shi‘ite Muslim cleric underwent surgery on Friday, activists said, after he was hospitalized following months under virtual house arrest.