According to the Raids Monitoring Network, in its statistics of September 2018, the mercenaries of al-Khalifa entity have carried out raids on 68 houses in different areas of Bahrain, resulting in the arrest of 61 citizens.
It added that during this month, which coincided with the month of Muharram al-Haram (1440 AH), there were widespread violations against Ashura ceremonies. The entity summoned a large number of Husseini preachers, scholars, speakers and managers of funerals, as it imprisoned most of those who were interrogated, while others were released, in addition to the closure of a number of funerals and Huseiniyat in different regions.
The network documented many cases of assaults on banners and ensigns for the commemoration of Ashura and the destruction of hosts, pointing out that what it observed is preliminary, while the violations and crimes may be greater than this statistic.