Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, largest political opposition society, said that the security authorities prevented Shiite citizens from leaving the country to visit holy sites in Iraq.

On Sunday, May 17, 2020, the Dome of Al-Shuwaikh obsequy built in the Bahraini village of Barbar collapsed. Its collapse once again brought to light the religious persecution that the Shiite community in Bahrain suffers from as well as the constant restrictions on their religious rites.

Bahrain witnessed a vast a campaign against the heads of obsequies on the first night of the martyrdom of Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib.

The siege on Diraz entered its second year, along with the authorities ban on the biggest Friday prayers held by the Shiite majority in Bahrain.

The Jaafari Endowment Council of Directors condemned an official in the Bahraini parliament for abusing and scorning Shiites.

Bahrain has arrested several suspects in connection with an explosion in the village of a Shi'ite Muslim spiritual leader, the Ministry of Interior said on Twitter on Tuesday.

Bahrain Forum for Human Rights (BFHR) said in a statement that security authorities have imposed an undeclared house arrest against Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim, since the violent armed raid on the Diraz protest on May 23, 2017.

The Bahraini authorities released (Saturday June 3, 2017) Shiite cleric Sheikh Bashar al-A�li, after almost 5 hours of interrogations.

Bahraini human rights defender of religious freedoms Sheikh Maytham al-Salman, believed that the Bahraini government is seeking the formation of an alternative political and civil society, obedient to it.

Mystery surrounds the fate of Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim, highest Shiite religious leader in Bahrain, since the security attack by Ministry of Interior forces Tuesday dawn (May 23, 2017) to disperse protest outside Sheikh Isa�s house in Diraz.

Bahrain�s Shiites Scholars issued a statement calling on the people of Bahrain to raise their voices against the regime, and announced Sunday (May 21, 2017) to be a date of rage in Bahrain.

The Haq Movement for Liberty and Democracy expressed strong condemnation of the sham of issuing an unjust political decision against His Eminence Sheikh Isa Ahmad Qassim.

Bahrain has given a prominent Shiite cleric a 1-year suspended prison sentence and seized assets belonging to him and his ministry.

A court in Bahrain on Sunday convicted the spiritual leader of the country's Shi'ite Muslims of collecting funds illegally and money laundering and sentenced him to one year in jail suspended for three years, local media reported.

The Attorney General of the Public Prosecution stated that the High Criminal Court issued its sentence Sunday (May 21, 2017) in the case linked to collecting money in violation of law provisions, and to money laundering obtained from this crime.

The Fourth High Criminal Court, presided over by Judge Ali Al-Dhahrani, ruled during its 8:15 am session Sunday morning (May 21, 2017), a 1-years imprisonment against Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim, Hussein al-Qasab, and Mirza Al-Dirazi, suspended for 3 years.

In an interview with Radio France Internationale (RFI), Sheikh Maytham Al-Salman noted that meeting with other religious clerics who call for dialogue and respect for political rights is becoming more difficult in Bahrain. He clarified that the Bahraini authorities are banning all forms of civil activities.

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."

Ghana demanded the government of Bahrain to end discrimination against the Shiite majority citizens.

Botswana expressed deep concern over the persecution of Shiites and the repression of Human Rights activists in Bahrain.