Alwaght- Bahrainis have protested for the seventh consecutive day voicing solidarity with leading Islamic scholar, Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim, whose nationality was revoked by the despotic Al-Khalifa monarchy.
The sit-in near the house of Sheikh Qassim in Diraz, west of the capital Manama, continued on Monday, with protesters demanding that the Bahraini regime unconditionally rescinds it crazy decision and restores the citizenship of the top Shiite religious figure.
Meanwhile, Diraz is still besieged by regime forces who are imposing high measures against all those who try to enter the area to take part in the sit-in.
Earlier on Sunday, regime forces arrested al-Wefaq opposition politician, Sheikh Mahdi al-Ekri, while he was entering Diraz.
Last week, Bahraini authorities stripped Sheikh Qassim of his citizenship, raising fears of more escalation against the majority Shiite Muslims in the Persian Gulf Kingdom.
The latest measure came less than a week after the Bahraini Justice Ministry suspended all activities of al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, the main opposition group in the country.
He kingdom also dissolved two other opposition groups, namely al-Tawiya and al-Risala Islamic associations.
Meanwhile, on the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, 26 June, Bahrain Center for Human Rights issues the report "From 2011 to 2016, The Screams of Torture Still Echo", which takes stock of the acts and victims of torture in Bahrain in the year 2016.
This report provides an overview of the current status of human rights violations in Bahrain, particularly those pertaining to allegations of ill-treatment and torture of political prisoners, including minors, while held in police custody. It also provides a background on the status of torture in Bahrain by providing readers with a glance at earlier cases and events of the last few years.
Since mid-February 2011, multitudes of protesters opposed to the brutal regime have held numerous peaceful rallies in the streets of the island kingdom, demanding their inalienable human rights. The demonstrators gradually demanded the al-Khalifa clan to relinquish power.
In response, the regime has dealt with peaceful protesters with a heavy-handed crackdown, killing scores of people, injuring and arresting many more. The regime is also abusing the law by withdrawing citizenship of opposition activists.
