A statement issued by Bahrain's Shiite scholars called for the "public mobilization in all Bahraini areas on the night of the trial targeting the sect and the sacred Islamic Sharia."

The Tyre Scholars Gathering denounced the appeals court sentence against the Bahraini opposition leader, and Secretary General of al-Wefaq Society, Sheikh Ali Salman. The

Kuwaiti criminal court acquitted Secretary General of “Islamic Alliance”, Sheikh Hussein al-Maatouk, of charges of circulating false news.