The Gulf Center for Human Rights said that prominent Bahraini activist Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja’s health status started to deteriorate due to the open hunger strike he started since April 12.

A Yemen aid summit in Geneva on Tuesday received $150 million from Saudi Arabia and $100 million from Kuwait.

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman issued a decree late Saturday naming one of his sons, an air force pilot who has taken part in coalition strikes against Daesh, also known as the Islamic State group, as the kingdom’s new ambassador to the U.S.

A prominent Kuwaiti opposition politician and government critic has called for political reforms in the Gulf state in his first public comments since he was freed from prison last week.

Committee against Torture (CAT) member Ms. Essadia Belmir addressed the Bahraini delegations stating, “How could someone be exiled after revoking his citizenship? To what country would he be sent to?

Head of Legal Affairs Department in the Ministry of Interior Rashid Bunajma denied allegations by the Committee against Torture (CAT) member Allessio Bruni that “Jaw” Prison witnessed riots every year.

Member of the Committee Against Torture (CAT) Mr. Alessio Bruni repeated his inquiry to the Bahraini delegation in Geneva over Bahrain’s invitation to the High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Raad bin Al Hussein to visit the country.

Bahrain’s Deputy Foreign Minister Abdullah Al-Dossari denied exposing any rights activists or journalists to harassment or deterioration of the health status of some of them in prison.

Member of the Committee against Torture (CAT) Felice Gaer reiterated her inquiry about the fate of the officer responsible for the killing of martyr Hani Abdulaziz.

The Supreme Court of Appeals upheld a first-instance court sentencing an appellant to life term sentence over a case that contains 3 suspects (2 fugitives) over blasting an explosive targeting policemen.

Bahrain’s court sentenced two suspects to 10 years in prison and stripped them of their nationalities on charges of undergoing training on the use of weapons and explosives.

Member of the Committee against Torture (CAT) of the HRC’s Office of High Commission for Human Rights, Mr. Abdelwahab Hani, expressed concerns over the possibility of arbitrarily trying civilians before military courts in Bahrain.

Director of Legal Affairs at the Bahrain’s Ministry of Interior Rashid Bunajma, denied the practice of any collective punishment or issuance of any instructions to limit the rights of inmates after the prison break incidents at “Jaw Central Prison” and “Dry Dock” Prison.

Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa re-affirmed not to accept scholarships provided by overseas organizations without prior approval from the government.

The High Administrative Court, presided over by Judge Joma’a al-Moussa, overturned a decision placing “Awal” Bank under the management of Central Bank, and canceled the decision to appoint an external director to manage it.

As tensions between Bahrain’s marginalized Shi’ites and Sunni rulers escalate, the royal Al Khalifa family feels emboldened by Donald Trump’s administration and its prioritization of security issues above human rights.

The First High Criminal Court upheld on Monday (April 24, 2017) a verdict issued against 9 youths from Diraz, sentencing them to 7 years in prison over burning tires on Al-Budai Street. Meanwhile, the court commuted the verdict issued against 3 youths over the same case, sentencing one to 2 years in prison and 2 others to 3 years.

Family of detainee Hussein Jaafar Abdullah Abu Hamad (21 years) demanded the competent parties in the reform and rehabilitation center in Dry Dock Prison to allow their son receive his medications prescribed by a doctor, in Al-Salmaniya Medical Complex, after undergoing a surgery in his stomach.

The Sixth High Court of Appeals ordered the prosecution to investigate the reasons behind not bringing 5 appellants in a case overturned by the cassation court, noting that one of the appellants is sentenced to death and the other 4 are sentenced to life term over killing policeman Mahmoud Farid Bir in Al-Ekr.

The Sixth High Court of Appeals ordered the prosecution to investigate the reasons behind not bringing a number of appellants in a case of political background. The court set May 22, 2017 as date to bring the appellants who were not brought this time.