Activists on social media outlets said that the Bahraini security authorities summoned for interrogation Sheikh Mohammad Al-Mansi, who is in charge of the demolished mosques' file at the Ulama Islamic Council.

The security authorities released today (April 15, 2017) Sheikh Mohammad Al-Mansi, who is in charge of the demolished mosques' file at the Ulama Islamic Council, after serving his one-year jail term.

: Human rights activist Zainab Al-Khamis said that the security authorities in Jaw Central Prison dealt “impolitely” with the prominent Shiite cleric Sheikh Mohammad al-Mansi who is serving one-year jail term over performing prayers “without a license from the Jaafaria Endowments (Waqf)”.

Bahraini court upheld on July 31, 2016, a one-year jail term against the cleric Sheikh Mohammad Al-Mansi, who is in charge of the demolished mosques' file at the Ulama Islamic Council.

A Bahraini court adjourned the second appeals session against Sheikh Mohammad Al-Mansi until July 31, with his continued detention.

Sheikh Al-Mansi's defense panel said they finished application procedures of the appeal against the one-year prison sentence.

Detained Shiite cleric Sheikh Mohammad Al-Mansi blamed the Jaffaria Endowments Directorate (Waqf) for charges raised against him.

The Bahraini Jaffaria Endowments Directorate (Waqf) denied filing a complaint against prominent Shiite cleric Sheikh Mohammad Al-Masni.

Lawyer Jassim Serhan said Jaffaria Endowments filed complaint against Al-Masni at Interior Ministry to prevent him from preaching..

Bahraini court sentenced Shiite cleric Sheikh Mohammad Al-Mansi to one year in prison.

Bahrain’s Third Minor Criminal Court adjourned the trial of Shiite cleric Sheikh Mohammad Al-Mansi with continued detention until May 24, 2016.

The Reform and Rehabilitation Department at the Bahraini Ministry of Interior denied holding Shiite cleric Sheikh Mohammad Al-Mansi in solitary confinement, claiming that it placed him in “isolation” to await his medical results.

Family of detained Shiite cleric Sheikh Mohammad Al-Mansi said that the “Sheikh has been held in solitary confinement since almost 3 weeks ago,” urging prison authorities to “return him to the prison cellblock with the rest of the inmates.”

The Bahrain Forum for Human Rights (BFHR) stated that the Bahraini security authorities arbitrarily arrested 39 citizens, adding that 66 others were subjected to torture and ill-treatment during the third week of April, 2016.

Bahrain's Public Prosecution said that it concluded its investigations "in the case of a preacher banned from delivering sermons (Sheikh Mohammad Al-Mansi) in violation of the ban issued against him, and concerning some content of his speech which was considered a criminal offense."

A group of the prominent clerics in Bahrain stated that the ongoing summoning of religious scholars and Friday Imams raises great concern.

Sheikh Maytham Al-Salman said that the Bahraini “Public Prosecution decided to detain cleric Sheikh Mohammed Al-Mansi for a week over charges of inciting hatred and insulting the Ministry of Interior.”