The protest was held after the Friday prayer in the village of Diraz.

The rapid deterioration in the health condition of two prominent rights activists, Abdulhadi al-Khawaja and Abduljalil al-Singace, who are serving life sentences in Bahraini jails linked to the 2011 uprising has sparked grave concern.

Families of jailed dissidents in Bahrain appeal to Pope Francis to speak out against human rights abuses perpetrated by the ruling Al-Khalifa regime during his upcoming trip to the Persian Gulf country.

Bahrain will no longer run in an election to the UN's top human rights body later this month, after criticism over human rights violations in the Persian Gulf kingdom.

The Al Khalifah regime in Bahrain has banned visits by the kingdom’s Shias to Syria and Iraq.

Bahrain has claimed that Iran is its biggest enemy, saying the tiny Arab country would count on the US and Israel to ensure its security.

Bahrain's leading cleric and resistance leader Sheikh Isa Qassim says the people of Bahrain reject the presence of Israeli premier Naftali Bennett in the tiny Persian Gulf kingdom.