Human rights groups sent an open letter to the UN Committee Against Torture (CAT), urging to reiterate Bahrain’s obligations under the Convention Against Torture. Bahraini authorities will appear before CAT in Geneva on Friday.

Kuwaiti security authorities released (Friday April 21, 2017) prominent Kuwaiti opposition leader, former Member of Parliament Musallam Al-Barrak, after he spent two years in prison over charges of insulting the Prince.

Bahrain’s Fifth High Criminal Court sentenced a suspect to 7 years in prison and 2 others, who escaped with him from dry dock detention center, to 2 years.

Human rights activist Zeinab Al-Khamis said that there are 16 poisoning cases among inmates in building 13 in Jaw Central prison, due to the inedible meals they received yesterday (April 20, 2017).

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and hardline rival Ebrahim Raisi were both approved to run in May's presidential election by a government vetting body, while former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was disqualified, state media reported on Thursday.

The United States wants new commitments from Saudi Arabia to improve its targeting procedures to minimize civilian casualties in its part in the Yemen civil war as it weighs resuming sales of precision-guided munitions to Riyadh, U.S. officials told Reuters.

Saudi Arabia plans next month to award licenses to at least 15 U.S. companies to operate in the kingdom, two Saudi officials said on Thursday, with one saying they would go to technology and pharmaceutical firms among others.

Iran and the United States traded barbs over the landmark 2015 nuclear deal on Thursday, with the U.S. leader accusing Tehran of not living up to the spirit of the accord and Iran's top diplomat urging Washington to fulfil its own commitments.

Investigation committee in the ministry of education recommended dismissing a teacher after beating a student using a mobile.

Bahrain Press Association said that an e-activist was forced to say confessions in the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) after threatening him to assault his wife and sister.

Member of Bahrain Center for Human Rights and activist Hussein Radhi said that the security authorities at Bahrain Airport told him yesterday (April 20, 2017) that he is banned from traveling based on order from the public prosecution.

The Public Prosecution summoned on Friday (April 21, 2017) 12 Bahraini activists for interrogation, on Monday and Tuesday, on top the opposition leader Ibrahim Sharif.

The National Democratic Action General Secretary, lawyer Fouad Seyadi tackled some repressive attempts conspired against his society for the aim of deviating it from its national maxims and legitimate political work.

Amnesty International issued on its website a report addressing recommendations at 13 states, among them Bahrain.

Bahrain's Deputy Foreign Minister Abdullah Faisal Al-Dossari confirmed Bahrain’s participation in the meetings of the UN Committee Against Torture’s 60th session in Geneva between April 18 and May 12, 2017.

The King of Bahrain Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, issued a royal decree appointing a new council of commissioners of the National Institute for Human Rights (NIHR).

The Second High Criminal Court of Appeal upheld the 6-month prison verdict against 63 year old Bahraini over charges of assembly in Manama.

U.S. President Donald Trump may add a visit to Saudi Arabia to a trip to Europe in May in what will be his first overseas journey since becoming president, a senior administration official said on Wednesday.

Bahraini security authorities released (Thursday April 20, 2017) Imam of Al-Kheif mosque Sheikh Isa Al-Moamen in the town of al-Dair, after there seemed to be a conflict in the 3-month prison verdict issued against him.

The Bahraini authorities released today Thursday (April 20, 2017) former Secretary General of the National Democratic Action Society (Wa’ad) after interrogating him.