Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defense, and National Security rejected two proposals aiming at granting Bahraini citizenship to children of Bahraini mothers married to foreign fathers.

The Supreme Court of Appeals reduced the sentence of 3 suspects, accused of assembling and burning cars, from 10 to 5 years in jail and ordered the confiscation of seized items.

Ministry of Education denied the issuance of any decision or circular about the halt of bonuses for teachers in some public schools and that granting of bonuses is subjected to the standards of civil service, laws and rules.

Index on Censorship said in an article it published on its website the Farida Ghulam, the wife of Ebrahim Sharif, the former secretary-general of Bahraini opposition group National Democratic Action Society (Wa’ad), has written an open letter to political and human rights institutions worldwide calling for solidarity against the dissolution of Wa’ad.

Amnesty International called on its website for an urgent action to “urge the Bahraini authorities to quash the conviction of leader Sheikh Ali Salman, the Secretary General of Bahrain’s main opposition party Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, and to release him immediately and unconditionally,” after the court of cassation reduced the nine-year prison sentence against him to four years.

The security authorities released today (April 15, 2017) Sheikh Mohammad Al-Mansi, who is in charge of the demolished mosques' file at the Ulama Islamic Council, after serving his one-year jail term.

More than two dozen U.S. insurers affiliated with Travelers Cos (TRV.N) have sued two Saudi banks, companies affiliated with Osama bin Laden's family, and several charities for at least $4.2 billion over the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.

Mazad’s number plate auction held on Thursday (April 13, 2017) has generated BD1.725 million, according to Bahrain News Agency.

The Undersecretary Ministry of Housing Abdullah bin Ahmad Al Khalifa announced the start of distributing Damistan housing project units according to the time schedule set by the ministry to distribute 4200 units countrywide.

The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) expressed serious concerns about the health of its two Founding Directors Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja and Nabeel Rajab, who are suffering behind bars

The Third High Criminal upheld 6-month jail term issued against 9 suspects because they clapped and screamed during their sentence hearing.

The Fourth High Criminal Court handed down 3-year jail term to 5 suspects over burning tires and assembling in Al-Markh and sentenced 7 others, who are under 18 years, to 2 years in prison over the same charge.

The Supreme Court of Appeals presided over by judge Mohammad bin Ali Al Khalifa and Naji Abdullah as secretariat rejected the objection of 3 appellants and upheld their 7-year jail term.

King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa attended the opening ceremony of the Saudi Camel Village on (Thursday, April 13, 2017), based on an invitation from his Saudi counterpart Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.

Ombudsman Nawaf Mohammed Al-Maawda met the Riyadh-resident Danish Ambassador to Bahrain, Ole Frijs-Madsen.

Prime Minister Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa arrived in the British capital, London to attend the graduation of his granddaughter Aisha bint Rashid Al Khalifa from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS) that graduated dozens of the Al Khalifa ruling family.

King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa issued on Thursday (April 13, 2017) two decrees appointing undersecretary of the Ministry Information Affairs and CEO of the National Communication Centre.

The Supreme Appeals Court commuted the sentence of 7 appellants accused in a case related to forging and receiving bribery in exchange for issuing official documents for cars, stating that they had passed the technical examination, contrary to reality.

Nakhleh stressed that US policy clearly shows the growing influence of Bahrain’s lobbyists in Washington and the cozy relationships that Tillerson has forged with Bahrain, the UAE and other GCC, stressing that these Sunni countries are ruled by tribal potentates who violate their citizens’ basic human rights blatantly, viciously, and systematically.

In modern Bahrain, the truth behind violent deaths is hard to establish, highlights Marc Owen Jones in his article published on The Conversation website. “And the fact that they are largely ignored by the international media means you may well be reading about the following events for the first time,” he says.