The National Institution for Human Rights (NIHR) said that it visited the spiritual leader of Shia majority Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim at the hospital after his health deteriorated.

Four UN experts have called on Bahrain to ensure the human rights of the country's most senior Shia leader, 76 year old Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim, are fully respected.

A house in the town of Diraz near the residence of the spiritual leader of the Shiite majority in Bahrain, Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim, burst into flames, after the indiscriminate and heavy firing of Interior Ministry forces.

United Nations experts have called on Bahrain to ensure a prominent Shiite cleric’s rights are respected as he’s now hospitalized.

Prominent Bahraini opposition figure Ali Al-Aswad said that disseminating the medical information of the spiritual leader of the Shiite majority, Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim, without his permission is a violation of professional ethics.

Bahrain's leading Shiite cleric Sheikh Isa Qassim, a central opposition figure, has been admitted to hospital in critical condition, his family and a rights group said Monday.

Bahrain’s Health Ministry urged not to politicize the issue of treating the spiritual leader of Shiite majority Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim.

Bahrain's most senior Shia cleric Sheikh Isa Qassim has been taken to a hospital in critical condition, reports stated.

Al-Wefaq Society confirmed that the spiritual leader of the Shiite majority, Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim, was taken to hospital this morning.

Prominent Shiite cleric, Sayed Abdullah Al-Ghuraifi, has demanded medical care for the spiritual leader of the country's Shia majority, Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim.

Thousands took to the streets in Bahrain late Thursday (November 30, 2017) to demand lifting the siege imposed by the authorities on the supreme Shia religious leader in Bahrain the island kingdom Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim.

American for Democracy and Human Right is Bahrain (ADHRB) condemned the ongoing persecution of the spiritual leader of Bahrain’s Shia majority, Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim, by Bahraini authorities.

Deputy Secretary-General of Al-Wefaq Society, Sheikh Hussein Al-Daihi, explained the circumstances of the ambulance incident that took place on Wednesday morning (November 29, 2017) outside Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim’s house.

A program on BBC (Arabic) reviewed the health deterioration of the spiritual leader of the Shia majority in Bahrain, Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim.

Iranian Parliament's General Director for International Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian urged the United Nations to intervene and pay due attention to violations of human rights in Bahrain.

Clerics in Bahrain issued a statement expressing their deep concern over the health of the spiritual leader of the country's Shiite majority, Sheikh Isa Qassim, calling on the people in Bahrain to take the initiative and take to the streets.

Sheikh Maytham Al-Salman said that the spiritual leader of Shia majority Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim is “facing a slow death” due to being prevented from his right to treatment by the party he trusts. Al-Salman revealed that Sheikh Qassim has suffered from new diseases since the house arrest was imposed on him besides the continuous bleeding he suffers from.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi expressed concern about the health condition of top Bahraini Shia cleric Sheikh Isa Qassim, holding the Bahraini regime accountable for consequences of any delay Sheikh Qassim’s treatment.

Iraqi prominent cleric Sayed Hashem Al-Haidari demanded the Bahraini authorities to lift the siege imposed on the spiritual leader of Shia majority Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim, and allow him receive treatment after his health deteriorated.

The London-based Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD) condemned the arbitrary treatment of highest religious authority in country Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim.