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Security raids included citizens’ houses in Diraz (Twitter)

September 10th, 2018 - 11:52 GMT

Bahraini Troops Arrest 5 Children in Raids on Village of Shia Leader

Bahraini forces have arrested five children during raids across the besieged village of Diraz, which is home to the spiritual leader of the country’s Shia majority, Sheikh Isa Qassim.

Qassim is considered the spiritual leader of Bahrain's majority Shiite community. (AFP)

May 23rd, 2017 - 03:00 GMT

Bahraini Police Open Fire on Home of Leading Shia Community Cleric Isa Qassim

Protesters hold a poster of Sheikh Isa Qassim. (AFP/File)

September 29th, 2016 - 11:00 GMT

Dissident Shia cleric’s trial adjourned, prompting widespread protests in Bahrain

Bahraini human rights activist Ghana Jamshir. (File photo)

August 20th, 2016 - 09:00 GMT

Bahraini Shias protest regime’s crackdown on Friday prayers

Sheikh Isa Qassim giving a speech before his arrest. (Twitter)

August 14th, 2016 - 07:00 GMT

Sheikh Qassim protests: Bahrainis take to the streets to show support for jailed Shia cleric

Bahraini protesters hold posters of Sheikh Qassim in June, after Bahraini authorities stripped him of his citizenship. (AFP/File)

August 11th, 2016 - 06:00 GMT

Religious tensions in Bahrain continue: Twelve protesters arrested for sit-in

A Bahraini man holds a placard bearing the portrait of Sheikh Ali Salman, head of the Shia opposition movement Al-Wefaq, during a protest against his arrest outside Manama. (AFP/Mohammed al-Shaikh)

July 25th, 2016 - 12:00 GMT

Bahrain arrests three Shia clerics during sit-in protest

Bahraini protesters hold a placard bearing the portrait of top Bahraini Shia cleric Sheikh Issa Qassim, during a protest against the revocation of the clergyman’s citizenship, on June 20, 2016. (AFP/File)

July 10th, 2016 - 07:00 GMT

Bahrain resumes crackdown on al-Wefaq opposition protesters

This picture tweeted by Bahrain's leading human rights activist Nabeel Rajab shows protesters spending the night outside Sheikh Isa Qassim's home in Diraz, Bahrain on June 20, 2016. (Twitter)

June 21st, 2016 - 08:00 GMT

Bahrain: Hundreds protest the revoking of Sheikh Qassim’s citizenship

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November 24th, 2015 - 05:00 GMT

Bahraini photographer given 10 year jail sentence on charges of ‘terrorism’

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May 21st, 2015 - 10:56 GMT

Bahrainis take to the streets, demanding Sheikh Salman’s release

Thousands of opposition supporters have been arrested in Bahrain since February 2011, when demonstrators took to the streets en masse calling for the step down of the Al Khalifa ruling family. (AFP/File)

May 2nd, 2015 - 05:00 GMT

Bahraini protesters call for release of political prisoners

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January 31st, 2015 - 05:00 GMT

Bahrain forces crack down on protestors