Bahrain Mirror (Reuters): Senior Shi'ite Bahraini clerics criticised the removal of Ashura banners raised to commemorate the anniversary of the death of Prophet Mohammad's grandson, saying the move amounted to an infringement on a tradition dating back hundreds of years.

Bahrain Mirror: The Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab-African Affairs Hossein Amir Abdollahian said that he held “candid” talks with the British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond on Bahrain.

Bahrain Mirror: The First Bahraini High Criminal Court sentenced five suspects, between ages of 16 and 24 years old, to 10 years in prison over setting up bomb replica, starting fire and protesting.

Bahrain Mirror: The clerics of Bahrain denounced the attacks on Ashura rituals such as “tearing and taking down black Ashura banners and flags or attacking Ashura gatherings,” deeming these acts a “blatant violation of religious freedoms.”

Bahrain Mirror: Lawyer Hameed Al-Mulla stated that the administration of Jaw Central Prison refused to allow detained Dr. Ali Al-Ekri to attend the funeral of his uncle, Haj Hassan Al-Ekri.

Bahrain Mirror: Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society offered condolences to the residents of Saudi Arabia’s Saihat over the heinous terrorist crime that left five mourners over Imam Hussein’s tragedy killed and others injured.

Bahrain Mirror (Reuters): Twenty-four people face trial in Bahrain for trying to set up a branch of the Islamic State militant group and promoting the overthrow of the Gulf Arab state's monarchy, the public prosecutor's office said on Wednesday.

Bahrain Mirror (Reuters): A Bahraini court sentenced a political activist to one year in prison for ripping up a photo of the king in court in 2014, Amnesty International said on Wednesday.

Bahrain Mirror (AP): Bahrain's public prosecutor says the trial of 24 people accused of forming a local Islamic State branch and plotting attacks will begin Thursday.

Bahrain Mirror (AP): A prominent Bahraini human rights activist charged over tearing up a picture of the island's king saw her sentence reduced to a year in prison Wednesday, though her lawyer said she would refuse to turn herself in.

Bahrain Mirror (AFP): Bahrain's opposition on Wednesday condemned what it called the police's use of "excessive" force during clashes with Shiite villagers commemorating the religious festival of Ashura.

Bahrain Mirror (AFP): Bahrain on Wednesday charged 24 people with forming a cell of the Islamic State group, plotting suicide attacks and recruiting fighters for the jihadist organisation.

Bahrain Mirror (AFP): Bahrain's appeals court has reduced the sentence of an opposition figure convicted of insulting the king by ripping up a photograph of him, Amnesty International said Wednesday.

Bahrain Mirror: Bahrain’s Jaffarian Endowments (Waqf) administration expressed disapproval on Tuesday (October 20, 2015) of the actions of security authorities in Bahrain over the past few days, as security forces took down in a number of villages and towns across the country black Ashura banners.

Bahrain Mirror: The department of religious freedom of the Bahrain Human Rights Observatory (BHRO) denounced the Bahraini authorities’ ongoing violations of the citizens’ religious right to practice their religious rituals during the occasion of Ashura.

Bahrain Mirror: Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society said that Shiite Obsequies (Hussainiyahs) in Bahrain’s Al-Hamla and Damestan were targeted by terrorist attacks, which reflects the presence of terrorist groups blatantly armed in Bahrain.

Bahrain Mirror: Bahrain’s Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society condemned the Bahraini authorities for taking down Ashura banners by force in a number of villages and towns across Bahrain, deeming this act “a violation of religious rituals and freedoms.”

Bahrain Mirror (AFP): Bahrain should immediately release two "unjustly imprisoned" regime opponents, Human Rights Watch said Thursday, urging the kingdom's allies London and Washington to intervene on their behalf.

A group of Bahraini teachers said that the Ministry of Education has been delaying for two years now the promotions of hundreds of teachers, estimated to have reached 400.

A number of protestors were injured in Bahrain after clashes erupted between government forces and demonstrators over the regime forces' attempts to take down Ashura banners and flags.