Qatar praised what it called “Wise Policies” of the government of Bahrain regarding dealing with human rights issues.

Mexico presented number of recommendations to the government of Bahrain, including canceling citizenship revocation laws.

Norway recommended the government of Bahrain to cancel all death penalties, especially those issued based on 2011 events.

New Zealand demanded Bahrain to respect rights of all groups participating in political activism.

Netherlands recommended Bahraini government to cancel the latest constitution amendment that allows military courts to try civilians.

The government of Bahrain delivered a speech in front of the human rights council and slammed the UN High Commissioner and human rights organizations.

Bahraini Undersecretary of Ministry of Labor Sabah Al-Dosari, confirmed that there is a problem in “foreign labor” control through the position of human resources, in the recruitment process in some private sector institutions.

The Minister of Labor and Social Development and head of the Labor Market Regulatory Authority, Jameel Humaidan, said that a new formation will soon be announced for the Social Insurance Organization, to include representatives of workers.

An official source said that Bahrain’s APM Terminals company will soon raise the fees on services it offers at Khalifa bin Salman Port, starting May 2017.

Head of Batelco Trade Union, Ali Alraqraq warned of a new wave of workers dismissals at Batelco, after the company was divided into 2 separate companies. He also expressed worry of the division’s effect on the telecom services’ prices.

A Coalition of 10 human rights organizations, including Human Rights Watch (HRW) issued a statement Sunday (April 30, 2017) stressed that “Bahraini authorities’ treatment of wrongfully imprisoned detainees violates international standards on prisoner treatment and in some cases may constitute cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment.”

The date scheduled to issue the verdict in the case raised by Ministry of Justice, demanding the dissolution of Wa’ad, was postponed until May 31, 2017.

The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the Human Rights file in Bahrain will kick off Monday (May 1, 2017) at the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva

The Al-Wasat newspaper said that the price of Bahrain’s crude oil extracted from Abu Saafa oilfield has reached $50 per barrel in the global markets that will witness a huge difference between supply and demand, leading to price dispersion.

82 clerics residing in Britain issued a statement in which they urged the Government of Bahrain to stop the trial of Sheikh Isa Qassim, the most prominent religious leader for Shia in the country.

Saudi Festival Director Ahmed Al-Mulla stated that 98% of moviegoers in Bahrain are Saudis.

Summary: Fawzi Al-Jowder said that the commission will not accept the equivalences of students' qualifications who studied abroad through foreign embassies’ scholarships, in case these scholarships were not received through the ministry of Foreign Affairs and approval of Ministry of Education, according to the circular recently issued by the Prime Minister.

Secretary General of the Higher Education Council Abdulghani Al-Shuwaikh stressed on banning the universities and private colleges under his supervision from dispatching any of their students in scholarships, without the approval of the higher education council, given that the scholarship should be sent from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Bahrain’s Supreme Court of Appeals upheld a first-instance verdict sentencing 5 suspects to 15 years in prison and commuted the sentence of others to 10 years in prison over attempting to kill an officer and policeman in Diraz.

Bahrain’s Ministry of Interior said that it found a body of a Gulf national (39 years) after he fell from the second floor of a house in Nuwaidrat. The ministry said on its Twitter account that “No criminal suspicion behind the case and the police are at the scene”