The security authorities summoned on Tuesday (August 16, 2016) the Shiite cleric Sayed Mousa Sayed Jawad Al-Wadai to appear before Hamad Town police station for interrogation the following day.

Bahrain Defence Force Commander-in-Chief Field Marshal Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa received Talal bin Mohammed Al Khalifa marking his appointment as National Security Agency President.

David Saperstein, Ambassador for International Religious Freedom, expressed concern by illegal gathering charge against Sheikh Maytham Al-Salman and Dr. Taha Al-Dirazi.

The Public Prosecution claimed that the trial of spiritual leader Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim is not linked to Khums ritual.

Sheikh Hussain Mahrous, director of Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim’s office, refused to be tried over the Khums religious ritual.

Bahrain is targeting its Shi'ite Muslim community through arrests and prosecutions of clerics, activists and entertainers...

Human Rights First said Bahrain continues to attack leading Shia clerics in country, stressing this targeting fuels Bahrain’s polarization.

Freedom House strongly condemned Bahraini authorities’ decision to formally question Sheikh Maytham Al Salman on Sunday.

Group of UN human rights experts said they are deeply concerned by “systematic harassment of Shia population by authorities in Bahrain.

Public Prosecution arrests Dr. Taha Al-Dirazi, Mulla Hani Besira and religious reciter Ali Aman over charges of assembling, while releasing of Sheikh Maytham Al-Salman.

Public Prosecution accused family of martyr Hassan Al-Hayiki of “spreading false news,” after he announced that Al-Hayiki’s corpse had “cuts and bruises”.

Bahraini authorities detained on Sunday (August 14, 2016) Sheikh Maytham Al-Salman after interrogating him for more than 9 hours about his stances regarding the violations practiced against Shiites in Bahrain.

Deputy Chairman of Bahrain's Special Investigation Unit (SIU), Mohammed Khalid Al-Hazza, said that the unit received 22 complaints in July, which included complaints of alleged torture and maltreatment committed by public security service men.

Member of the European-Bahraini Organization for Human Rights, Ahmed Al-Saffar, said that detainee Abed Ali Al-Singace was seen in the psychiatric hospital in a bad health condition.

The Bahraini authorities detained on Sunday (August 14, 2016) the preacher Hani Basira after summoning him for interrogation within a wide campaign against Shiite clerics.

The Bahraini authorities detained on Sunday (August 14, 2016) the neurosurgeon Dr. Taha Al-Dirazi after interrogating him for several hours.

Bahraini activists organized protests across Bahrain, marking the country's independence from Britain in 1971.

32 human rights organizations from around world denounced continued harassment of human rights defenders by authorities in Bahrain.

United Nations Special Rapporteur Maina Kiai expressed deep concern about Bahraini security authorities’ summoning of Sheikh Maytham al-Salman.

Thousands of Bahrainis took to streets across Bahrain on Friday, denouncing recent oppressive measures taken by authorities against Shiite citizens in country.