Security authorities in Bahrain prevented the country's Shiite majority from holding their largest Friday prayers for the 61th consecutive week, by continuing to impose a siege on the town of Diraz that is resided by over 20 thousand citizens.

The Fourth Minor Criminal Court adjourned the case of detained Shiite cleric Sayed Mohieldin Al-Mashaal until September 18, with his continued detention.

The Public Prosecution extended on Wednesday (August 23, 2017) the detention of Shiite cleric Sayed Mohieldin Al-Mashaal for one week pending investigation.

In the report it recently issued about 2016 International Religious Freedom Report, the US Department of State discussed Bahrain’s condition and tackled some unresolved issues in this file.

Activists on social media said that Jaw Prison police attacked on Tuesday night (August 22, 2017) detainees in building 14 and transferred some of them to solitary confinement for practicing Shiite religious rituals.

The Bahraini security authorities have continued to prevent the Shia majority from performing their largest Friday prayer in the Imam Al-Sadiq mosque in Diraz for the 57th consecutive week.

Lawyer Abdullah Al-Shamlawi said that the Public Prosecution decided on Wednesday (August 16, 2017) to arrest Shiite cleric Sayed Mohieldin Al-Mashaal for a week pending investigation, after charging him with “inciting hatred against the regime and attacking one of the sects”.

Responding to the statements of the US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Bahrain’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that Shia work as officers in Bahrain Defence Force (army) and Ministry of Interior.

Activists on social media said that the Bahraini authorities arrested Shiite cleric Sayed Mohieldin Al-Mashaal on King Fahd Causeway and referred him to the public prosecution.

The US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Tuesday (August 15, 2017) that “Bahrain must stop discriminating against the Shia communities” who compose majority of the Bahraini population.

The Bahraini security authorities have continued on Friday (August 11, 2017) to prevent the Shia majority from performing their largest Friday prayer in the Imam Al-Sadiq mosque in Diraz that has been witnessing a security siege since over a year.

The Bahraini authorities released on Wednesday (August 2, 2017) Shiite cleric Ali Hmaidan after serving one year in prison over the background of his participation in Diraz protest.

No news were reported about Shiite cleric Sheikh Bashar Al-A’ali after he was summoned by the security authorities to Al-Budai police station on Thursday, July 20, 2017.

The Salafist Al-Asalah Society in Bahrain demanded to transform a Shiite shrine into a security region, in the most recent violation to religious rights of Shia who complain about sectarian persecution.

The security authorities released on Friday (June 30, 2017) Shiite cleric and preacher of Al-Kheif Mosque in Al-Dair, Sheikh Isa Al-Moamen, after finishing his 3-month jail term over a Friday sermon he delivered on the onset of August 2016.

Bahrain’s Public Prosecution ordered on Wednesday (June 28, 2017) the arrest of Shiite cleric Sheikh Hasanain Al-Mhanna for 2 weeks pending investigation and transferred him to Dry Dock Prison in Al-Hidd.

No information has been given on Mohammed Hassan Sultan, son of senior Al-Wefaq official, since he was summoned to the National Security Agency in Muharraq.

The Bahraini security authorities launched on the dawn of Wednesday (June 21, 2017) vast security campaign in Diraz that led to arresting a number of citizens, including 3 women.

The Bahraini security authorities released on Tuesday (June 20, 2017) prominent Shiite cleric Sheikh Fadhel Al-Zaki after around one year of imprisonment.

The Public Prosecution decided on Tuesday (June 20, 2017) to arrest Shiite cleric Sheikh Hussein, son of Sheikh Ali Al-Sitri, for a week pending investigation.