The third minor criminal court presided over by judge Jaber Al-Jazzar and Hussein Yousif as a secretariat handed down Mulla Hani Besira 6-month jail term over assembling in Diraz.

A Bahraini court ruled Thursday (February 9, 2017) the imprisonment of medical doctor, Taha Al-Dirazi, for 6 months, over participating in Diraz protest.

The UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office issued an update to its report on the Bahrain situation, which included the period between July and December 2016.

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.

Clashes erupted between police and protesters in Bahrain before a hearing in the trial of a leading Shiite cleric accused of illegal collection of funds and money laundering, witnesses said Monday. The court later announced the final hearing to be February 12, before deferring it to February 27.

Thousands of angry protestors took to the streets on Sunday (January 29, 2017) on the eve of the new court hearing of Sheikh Isa Qassim over charge of managing Khums (Shiite religious ritual) money.

Bahrain’s clerics hailed on Sunday (January 29, 2017) the Bahraini people for their response to the shrouds protests, on the eve of the new court hearing of the highest religious Shiite authority in Bahrain, Sheikh Isa Qassim, in a show of support and readiness to sacrifice their lives for Sheikh Isa's sake.

Sheikh Abdullah Daqaq, Sheikh Isa Qassim's Representative in Iran, stressed on the peacefulness of shrouds protests that the Bahraini scholars called to stage on Sunday (January 29, 2016), deeming them a duty to defend the nation and religion.

Akhbar Al-Khaleej newspaper that has close ties with the Bahraini authorities said that the identities of the armed members who attacked Diraz yesterday are still unknown. It is to mention that a youth sustained a bullet in his head and was admitted to the hospital after forces attacked Diraz square.

Police in Bahrain carried out a dawn raid Thursday against supporters of a Shiite cleric on trial in the Sunni-ruled kingdom during which one man was shot and wounded, witnesses said.

The third high criminal court sentenced two Shiite clerics Sheikh Fadhel Al-Zaki and Sheikh Mohamad Jawad Al-Shehabi to 6 months in prison instead of 2 years over two assembly cases in Diraz.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in its 2017 World Report that “Bahrain stepped up its repression of activists and government critics during 2016”.

For over half a year, since June 20, 2016, security authorities overpowered a full siege on the Bahraini town of Diraz, home to the prominent Shiite cleric, Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim.

The Criminal Court adjourned the case of the Shiite majority spiritual leader in Bahrain, Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim, along with two of those working in his office, until next January 30, for pleading.

Eyewitnesses reported that a Ministry of Interior vehicle provoked the protesters gathered near Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim’s house in Diraz, Bahrain.

Prominent Lebanese Shiite cleric, Sheikh Afif Nabusi, condemned the Bahraini authorities’ raid on protest arena near Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim’s house in Diraz, dubbing it a “malicious attempt” to arrest Sheikh Qassim.

Bahraini Interior Ministry claimed that its morning raid on December 21, 2016 on Diraz area was launched for the purpose of “implementing judicial orders to arrest wanted persons and search their residencies.”

Tehran's Friday prayers sermon preacher, Sheikh Kazem Sadiqi, condemned the Bahraini authorities' attempts to disperse the crowds defending Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim, outside his house in the town of Diraz.

Hundreds of protesters gathered in the Nigerian state Kanu to condemn the Bahraini regime forces’ attack against protesters assembled outside the house of prominent religious leader in the country, Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim.

National Islamic Society – Al-Wefaq’s deputy secretary general, Sheikh Hussein al-Daihi, said the Bahraini regime “committed a foolish step, trying to break into the house of Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim.”