HR Activist Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja’s oration didn’t only attract the attention of political researchers like Justin Gengler but was also focus of US Embassy’s cable in 2009.

The US keen interest in following the commemoration of Ashura in Bahrain continued to be reflected in the Embassy’s annual reports.

Starting from 2005, US Embassy in Manama's report on Ashura became a routine procedure. Ashura Commemoration itself became an event to be observed, monitored, and reported.

The prominent Shiite cleric Sheikh Hani Al-Banaa said that the authorities charged him with “inciting hatred against the regime and disobedience of law” based on a lecture he delivered in Ashura.

The Bahraini authorities released on Thursday Sheikh Hani al-Banaa, provided he stays under guaranteed house arrest.

Bahrain’s minor criminal court adjourned on Wednesday (November 2, 2016) the case of Bahraini Journalist Faisal Hayyat until November 29 to issue the verdict against him.

During the Ashura photos and flags crisis in 2005, US Embassy in Manama released a detailed report on Shiite religious holiday of Ashura in just a few days.

Number of cables leaked by WikiLeaks revealed US Embassy in Manama annually sends confidential report on Ashura commemoration in Bahrain to US State Department.

Family of journalist Faisal Hayyat said that he was transferred to the Dry Dock Prison’s clinic 3 time since he was arrested two weeks ago, due chest pains and high temperature.

Yousif Al-Khaja said that the society received a notice from the Ministry of Justice and Islamic Affairs stating that the society has violated the political association’s law over its members’ visit to Ashura gatherings.

King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa received on Tuesday (October 18, 2016) the Hussainya Processions Authority, led by its chairman Ahmed Mohsen bin Salloum, marking the end of the Ashoora rituals, according to Bahrain News Agency (BNA).

Al-Budai police station brought new charges on Tuesday (October 18, 2016) against Shiite cleric Sheikh Abdulmohsen Al-Jamri to hinder the public prosecution’s decision to release him.

Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa said that his country is “the country where the rule of law is supreme, human dignity is safeguarded and rituals are protected.”

The National Democratic Action Society “Wa’ad” praised the Bahraini people and Islamic world on Ashura and said he greatest lesson learned is to adhere to national unity, confront the systematic division schemes and block the way before those who plan division between the sons of one nation.

Bahrain’s King, who continues to violate Shiite Bahrainis’ right to freely practice religious rituals, claimed that the third Shia Imam would have stood by him.

Thousands of Bahraini Muslim Shiites performed Ashura prayers in the capital Manama, despite authorities’ ban on the central prayers Shiites are accustomed to performing on the ninth day of Muharram, marking the eve of Imam Hussein bin Ali’s martyrdom. Thousands of Bahraini Muslim Shiites performed Ashura prayers in the capital Manama, despite authorities’ ban on the central prayers Shiites are accustomed to performing on the ninth day of Muharram, marking the eve of Imam Hussein bin Ali’s martyrdom.

Hezbollah Secretary General Sayed Hassan Nasrallah praised on Wednesday the Bahraini people for their loyalty to their leader, Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim.

The Bahraini authorities released on Monday (October 10, 2016) Sheikh Maytham Al-Salman, Head of Religious Freedom Unit in the Bahrain Human Rights Observatory (BHRO), after 6 hours of interrogation.

The Bahraini authorities arrested on Sunday (October 9, 2016) journalist Faisal Hayyat, few days after writing an open letter to the Minister of Interior Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa related to torturing in the Bahraini prisons.

Photos circulated on social media networks showed that the number of people commemorating Ashura outside Sheikh Isa Qassim's house has increased.