he Bahraini government-affiliated National Institute for Human Rights (NIHR) praised the UK Foreign Office’s report on Human Rights and Democracy for 2016 on Bahrain. It said that the report “described Bahrain as the most advanced state in the region in human rights reforms.”

Re-reading history makes one think that the opposition’s meeting with the King on May 19, 2004 would have led to a turning point.

A crackdown on human rights in Bahrain, including a resumption of executions and suppression of dissent, is likely to spark increased unrest, U.N. rights investigators said on Friday.

Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society said that keeping the leader of Shia majority in Bahrain, Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim, under house arrest and tightening the security and judiciary measures against pro-democracy, rights and freedoms citizens warn of the worst to come in this political crisis.

On May 21, 2004, the Sheikh was directly attacked by security forces as he led a demonstration on Saif Street. It was a mysterious incident, but its ambiguity in itself revealed the contradictions of the relationship between the King and Sheikh Isa Qassim.

The resident of the besieged Diraz town confirmed in a statement that the delegation, which the government announced to have visited the Prime Minister Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, does not represent the area.

Why did the King take advantage of every incident to open a political dispute with Sheikh Isa Qassim? Why did he want a dispute and not a dialogue?

Sheikh Maytham Al-Salman said that condemnations will continue against Bahrain due to committing a massacre against protestors outside Sheikh Isa Qassim’s house.

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.

Diraz, hometown of spiritual leader of Shia majority Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim, witnessed a mass protest on the first Friday of the holy month of Ramadan, in which dozens of citizens took part in and held anti-regime slogans.

Security forces affiliated to Ministry of Interior evacuated a house near Sheikh Isa Qassim’s house, after seizing control of it following Diraz massacre and raid carried out on Sheikh Isa Qassim’s house.

Al-Wefaq Deputy Secretary General, Sheikh Hussein Al-Daihi addressed a televised speech on Monday (May 29, 2017) in which he said that the regime’s inclination to escalate the situation regarding Ayatollah Qassim's case means declaring a total alienation from the majority (of the population). “It is no doubt the period after attack on this prominent figures in not as period before,” he noted.

The incidents of the bloody attack carried out on Diraz at the morning of (May 23, 2017) that left at least 5 martyrs and more than 100 injuries, 8 of whom are in the intensive care, haven’t come to an end yet.

Activists on social media outlets published photos for activists protesting outside the European Union headquarters on (Monday, May 29, 2017) in Brussels, Belgium, against Diraz massacre and raid carried on the house of spiritual leader of Shiite majority in Bahrain, Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim.

Secretary-General of the Council of Pakistani Muslim Unity, Sheikh Raja Nasir Abbas Jafari, condemned imposing a house arrest on Sheikh Isa Qassim and seeking to expel him outside the country.

Iranian Assistant to Parliament Speaker Hossein Amir Abdollahian considered that the government of Bahrain besieged the house of the spiritual leader of Shiite majority in Bahrain, Sheikh Isa Qassim, after receiving Saudi support and US green light

Activists in the French Capital, Paris, staged a protest to condemn Diraz massacre and raid carried on the house of spiritual leader of Shiite majority in Bahrain, Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim.

Shiite religious authority Ayatollah Nasser Makarem Shirazi issued a statement condemning the attack launched by the rulers of Bahrain on the house of Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim.

Imprisoned Bahraini opposition leader Sheikh Ali Salman condemned the ruling issued against the spiritual leader of the country's Shiite population, Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim, describing it as an "arbitrary sentence," and a "reinforcement of a policy of systematic sectarian oppression and organized targeting of the Shiite community."

The National Democratic Action Society (Wa’ad) demanded the authorities to withdraw the security forces from Diraz, stop the violations against Diraz residents and release the detainees. Wa’ad also called to conduct a transparent investigation into the killing of 5 martyrs and unveil the fate of the other injured.