Activists working on the Bahraini file since Wednesday May 8, 2019, can present the letter of complaint, sent by the Jaafaria Endowments Directorate to the King, as official document shedding light on discrimination and persecution experienced by Bahraini Shiites in all aspects of life.

An annual report issued by the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) found that the government continued its discrimination and repression of the Shi'a Muslim community on the basis of their religious identity in certain areas, indicating that Shiites were denied employment.

Bahraini authorities released on Thursday (January 10th, 2019) former member of parliament Sheikh Hamza Al-Dairy, after serving a one-year prison sentence.

A ridiculous joke was widely circulated on social media after the arrests of Sheikh Hani Al-Bana’a and Sheikh Yasin Al-Jamri on September 16 (6th of Muharram).

The US State Department issued its annual report on international religious freedom, 2017, which comprised a chapter on Bahrain.

Lebanese journalist Jerry Maher tweeted on his personal Twitter account a photo of his meeting with the chief of public security in Bahrain Tariq Al-Hassan.

Bahrain Declaration of Religious Tolerance stands in such stark contrast to remarks made by US Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, where he cited Bahrain as one of the world’s leading violators of the right to freedom of religion or belief.

The Bahraini Interior Minister Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa said that “there is a false ideological education, inflammatory approach, directed foreign media, and isolationist behavior that refuses integration,” referring to the Shiite population in Bahrain.

European Parliament committee held a hearing on religious persecution on Wednesday (November 22, 2017) during which the persecution of Shia citizens in Bahrain was discussed. Ahmed Shaheed, the UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief attended the hearing.

The European Parliament is set to hold a public hearing on Freedom of religion or belief: the situation of persecuted minorities on Wednesday (November 22, 2017) at its headquarters in the Belgian capital Brussels.

Bahrain Center for Human Rightsurged US authorities to emphasize, in its dialogue with Bahraini authorities, the need for concrete changes in upholding Bahrain’s obligations to guarantee the freedom of religion and belief.

Bahraini Interior Ministry forces attacked late Monday (November 6, 2017) a number of citizens, who were participating in a Shiite religious event held in the town of Diraz.

A Bahraini court sentenced on Wednesday (November 1, 2017) Shiite cleric Mohiddin Al-Mashaal to one year in prison on charges of "insulting the (Prophet’s) companions."

A number of Bahrainis performed evening prayers on Saturday (October 21, 2017) at the site of Al-Alawiyat Mosque, which was demolished by the authorities in 2011.

The Bahraini security authorities released eulogy reciter Mahdi Sahwan on Saturday (October 7, 2017), after serving 6 months in prison for participating in the Diraz open sit-in.

Bahraini citizens denounced the insulting and derogatory remarks made by the Syrian Assistant Professor in the Arabic Language Department at the University of Bahrain, Dr. Munther Al-Ayashi, against the twelfth Imam of Muslim Shiites.

Bahrain’s Jaffaria Endowments (Waqf) directorate said that it has completed the registration of 312 Ashura food stands, since the directorate announced opening the door for registration on September 10.

Dry Dock Prison administration’s banning of Ashura commemoration by detainees prompted angry chants of condemnation and a hunger strike.

Security authorities in Bahrain prevented the country’s Shiite majority from holding their largest Friday prayers for a 60th consecutive week, by continuing to impose a siege on the town of Diraz.

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.