Family of Head of Ulama Islamic Council Sayed Majeed Al-Mashaal complained to the Ombudsman about the deteriorating health condition of Al-Mashaal after holding him in solitary confinement, in response to his protest against Diraz massacre and raid carried out on Sheikh Isa Qassim’s house.

The second high criminal “appeals” court amended the verdict issued against the head of Ulama Islamic Council and prominent Shiite cleric Sayed Majeed Al-Mashaal, commuting his prison term from 3 years over two cases to two and half years only.

Bahrain’s appeals court commuted on Tuesday (November 29, 2016) the 2-year jail term against the prominent Shiite cleric Sayed Majeed Al-Mashaal to 6 months only over the charge of taking part in Diraz protest.

Bahraini regime courts issued Thursday two-year imprisonment verdicts Shiite clerics, Mohammad Jawad Al-Shihabi and Sheikh Fadel Al-Zaki. Another court sentenced Sayyed Majeed Al-Mashaal, to a year imprisonment in a new case.

The minor criminal court summoned on Thursday (September 22, 2016) Sayed Majeed Al-Mashaal, over a new case. Al-Mashaal was summoned from prison where he is serving a 2-year sentence.

The third minor criminal court presided over by judge Jaber Al-Jazzar set October 6, 2016 as a date to look into the second case of the head of Ulama Islamic Council Sayyed Majeed Al-Mashaal related to charges of assembling, rioting, inciting hatred against the regime, and joining an unauthorized assembly in Diraz.

Activists said that Shiite cleric Sayed Majeed Al-Mashaal, the head of Ulama Islamic council (the highest Shia religious institution in the country), was transferred this morning (September 1, 2016) to Jaw prison.

Bahraini courts issued prison sentences against Shiite clerics over their participation in open sit-in protest held outside Sheikh Isa Qassim’s house in Diraz.

Bahraini court sentenced Shiite cleric Sayed Majeed Al-Mashaal to two years in prison over charges of leading the Diraz open sit-in protest.

The Bahraini Ninth Minor Criminal Court, presided over by Judge Hussein Al-Sheikh and Mohammad Al-Harban as secretariat...

Bahraini court looked into case of Sayed Majeed Al-Mashaal in second trial related to charges of assembling and inciting hatred against regime.

Al-Mashaal became more prominent after arrest of Sheikh Ali Salman, where he played important role in mobilizing people to rally outside Sheikh Salman’s house.

A Bahraini court set (August 25, 2016) as a date to issue its verdict against Sayyed Majeed Al-Mashaal, the head of the largest Shiite institution, Ulama Islamic Council, after less than a month of his arrest.

Court looked into new case raised by Public Prosecution against head of dissolved Islamic Ulama Council Sayed Majeed Al-Mashaal.

Sayed Abbas Shubar, Head of Religious Freedoms Unit in Bahrain SALAM for Democracy and Human Rights

Bahraini court held first trial of head of largest Shiite religious body in country over charges of illegal assembly and rioting.

Senior Bahraini clerics, on top Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim, demanded the release of detained clerics including the head of the (dissolved) Ulama Islamic Council, Sayyed Majeed Al-Mashaal, who was arrested for leading a protest in Diraz.

The public prosecution decided to detain the head of the dissolved Ulama Islamic Council, Sayyed Majeed Al-Mashaal, for 15 days.