On Friday (March 10, 2017), the Bahraini “Hippocrates” Dr. Ali Al-Ekri completes his five-year prison sentence. His family eagerly awaits his release.

The Ministry of Interior accused on Thursday (March 9, 2017) the custodian of the Zahraa (as) Mosque in Hamad City of faking his attack incident by injuring himself and asking an Asian worker to take his photos.

Detained Dr. Ali Al-Ekri’s lawyer, Hamid Al-Mullah, said that his client will be released tomorrow Friday (March 10, 2017) from prison “with pride”.

Spokesman of the Iranian parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, Sayyed Hossein Naqvi Hosseini, said that the Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif’s visit to Qatar was to discuss the case of Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim and demands of Bahraini people.

Bahrain’s Minister of Foreign Affairs slammed the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, over the speech he delivered in the 34th session of the Human Rights Council on Wednesday (March 8, 2017) in Geneva, describing his speech as “Unjustified Allegations”.

Daily sufferings of Diraz residents continue due to the siege imposed by the security authorities since June 2016.

Deputy Secretary General of Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, Sheikh Hussein Al-Daihi, will launch today (March 9, 2017) "A Plea of a Country" book that contains plea texts of the leader of Bahraini opposition and Secretary-General of Al-Wefaq, Sheikh Ali Salman.

Information at the Dry Dock detention center reported that detainee Ali Mohammad Hakim Al-Arab was beaten up and tortured, because he refused to kiss the foot of a prison guard.

Bahrain Center for Human Rights member Safaa Al-Khawaja said that the police are harassing hunger strikers in Jaw Central Prison.

The Dry Dock Prison continues its crackdown on political prisoners, through measures described as arbitrary.

Bahrain Transparency Society (BTS) issued a statement on International Women’s Day Wednesday, in which is called on the Bahraini authorities to release all women detainees held in cases linked to freedom of opinion and expression.

The Bahraini Jaafari Waqf (Endowment) directorate said Wednesday, that the custodian of the Zahra (as) Mosque in Hamad City was under an unfortunate attack before dawn prayers.

The Fourth High Criminal Court secretariat sentenced 3 defendants to 5 years in prison and 3 others to 3 years over assembly case and ordered the confiscation of seized items.

The Supreme Court of Appeals ignored the objection of a suspect sentenced to 10 years in prison over assembling. The first-instance court had sentenced 3 suspects to 3 years in prison and another one to 10 years.

A Bahrain court today postponed the trial of Shiite opposition leader Nabil Rajab, a judicial source said, as authorities take increasingly harsh measures against dissent in the Gulf kingdom.

Zeid Ra'ad Al-Hussein, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, criticized the increasing repression exercised by the authorities in Bahrain since June 2016.

The Unitary National Democratic Assemblage and the Progressive Democratic Tribune demanded the Ministry of Justice to withdraw its lawsuit to dissolve “Wa’ad” society.

Bahraini daily newspaper al-Wasat reported that the major administrative court said it scheduled next March 20 date for first hearing on dissolving the National Democratic Action Society “Wa’ad”.

Deputy Secretary General of al-Wefaq Islamic National Society, Sheikh Hussein al-Daihi, said that the authorities’ decision to dissolve the National Democratic Action Society “Wa’ad” is evidence to “the absence of political rationality”.

A number of human rights groups denounced in the strongest possible terms “the Government of Bahrain’s efforts to dissolve Wa’ad and to systematically dismantle the country’s independent political space.”