The Interior Ministry has continued punishing preachers as it used to do after every Ashura season in Bahrain.

Blind-hearted people will never see the truth even when it is crystal clear.

The Cassation Court upheld on Monday (August 24, 2020) upheld a one-year jail term against Shiite cleric Sheikh Abdulmohsen Mulla Atiya Al-Jamri over a religious lecture he delivered on the onset of 2020.

Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim, the spiritual leader of Shia majority in Bahrain, condemned the decision to close Shiite mosques in Hamad town, considering it a seditious step that aims at fighting the thoughts of Ahl Al-Bayt.

Deputy Secretary-General of the Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society Sheikh Hussein Al-Daihi said that lovers and Shiites of Imam Al-Hussein will commemorate his martyrdom in all available means. "You will never stop them," he addressed the authorities.

Questions that need to be answered: Why is this incomprehensible insistence on preventing religious activities? Why is there this serious threat to the administrators of obsequies and Husseiniyas? Why is the media being used to incite as well as underestimate people's religious dignity? W

Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim, the highest religious authority in Bahrain, described the authorities' prevention of Ashura commemoration in Bahrain as a war against Imam Al-Hussein (PBUH).

The Bahraini authorities are clearly trying to take advantage of the exceptional measures of the Coronavirus pandemic and exploiting this conundrum that many countries around the globe are witnessing in order to intensify the persecution of Shiite citizens in Bahrain.

The highest Shiite religious authority in Bahrain, Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim, issued (July 21, 2020) a statement in which he said that the political opposition against the regime will continue until a fair political relationship between the government and the people is achieved, and all rights are legally and effectively recognized.

Al-Wefaq said that the statements of the British ambassador contain some false information and a change of facts. "The statement attributed to the British ambassador contains information that is contrary to the truth, contradicts the Bahraini reality and presents a false picture of what is happening on the ground."

The Appeals Court upheld on Tuesday (June 30, 2020) one-year jail term against Shiite cleric Sheikh Abdulmohsen Mulla Atiya Al-Jamri over a religious sermon he delivered earlier this year.

The killing of African-American George Floyd on May 25, at the hands of Minneapolis police and the protests that followed his death brought back the issue of racism and discrimination to the forefront, similarily shedding light on the oppression practiced by the security authorities against a group of citizens (Shia) in Bahrain.

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.

On the International Day of Living Together in Peace, the Vice President of Salam for Democracy and Human Rights Yousif Al-Muhafda said in a tweet that Bahrain's Shiites are living "an unjust reality that must end".

Bahraini court sentenced on Thursday (February 27, 2020) Shiite cleric Sheikh Abdulmohsen Mulla Atiya Al-Jamri to one year in jail over a religious sermon he delivered few weeks ago.

The authorities in Bahrain do not seem to care about the criticism raised against them for fighting the Shiite community, which constitutes the majority of the population, but quite the contrary, government figures are brazenly scouring the world's capitals to talk about religious tolerance.

The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom said that the restrictions imposed on the Shiite sect in Bahrain are happening in the context of a broader campaign against the Bahraini opposition.

The Bahraini authorities began the trial of Shiite cleric and prominent preacher Sheikh Abdulmohsen Mulla Atiya Al-Jamri over charge of insulting Muawiyah Bin Abi Sufyan and Banu Umayya and decided to adjourn the case until February 27, 2020, with his continued detention.

The Public Prosecution renewed on (February 5, 2020) the detention of Mulla Abdulzahraa Al-Samahiji (39 years) for 15 days pending investigation, over a religious sermon he delivered in one of the obsequies.

The Bahraini security authorities arrested on Thursday (January 23, 2020) Shiite cleric and preacher Sheikh Abdulmohsen Mulla Atiya Al-Jamri for 7 days pending investigation.