The regime forces had killed five citizens, wounded dozens, and arrested around 300 people on May 23, 2017, during their crackdown on the ongoing sit-in held outside Sheikh Qassim's house.
The Bahraini authorities have placed more cement barriers around the Diraz area, which has been besieged by government forces for about a year.
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source : Mirror Bahrain
Friday
4 August 2017
4:30:33 PM
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(AhlulBayt News Agency) - Bahraini authorities closed, on Wednesday (August 2, 2017),the main entrance to Al-Diraz, where the country's highest Shiite religious authority, Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim resides under house arrest.