Bahrain Mirror: Fitch Ratings has changed the Outlook of Bahrain Telecommunications Company (Batelco) to Negative from Stable while affirming its Long-term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at 'BBB-

Bahrain Mirror: Detained Bahraini opposition figures issued a statement from prison warning of the deterioration of the health conditions of Abdulwahab Hussein, Hassan Mushaima', Mohammad Jawad Parweez and Dr. Abduljalil Al-Singace.

Bahrain Mirror: The Bahraini authorities arrested on Tuesday (December 15, 2015) Layla Abdulnabi, after the court of appeals sentenced her to 6 months in prison over Jaw Prison events that took place on March 10, 2015.

Bahrain Mirror: The Bahrain News Agency (BNA) stated that King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa issued a special decree of pardon and release of 219 detainees.

Bahrain Mirror: Amnesty International issued a statement on Monday (December 14, 2015) describing the extension of Sheikh Ali Salman’s detention as arbitrary and that “he continues to be denied the right to a fair trial.”

Bahrain Mirror: The Bahraini Public Prosecution, in its plea presented before the court on Monday (December 14, 2015), reiterated all the charges brought against the opposition leader Sheikh Ali Salman.

Bahrain Mirror: Bahrain’s Appeals Court adjourned the trial of the Bahraini opposition leader and Secretary-General of Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, Sheikh Ali Salman, until January 14, 2016 for the defence pleading, and ordered the Public Prosecution to hand Salman its plea and court records.

Bahrain Mirror: Bahrain’s main opposition group, Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, strongly rejected the charges brought against former Bahraini MP Sheikh Hasan Isa over involvement in the Sitra bus bombing, describing them as false accusations.

Bahrain Mirror: Director of the Correctional and Detention Centers Control Directorate at the Ombudsman’s General Secretariat in Bahrain, Hamad Taqi, said that the general secretariat received 128 complaints and 589 help requests in the period between May 1, 2014 and April 30, 2015.

Bahrain Mirror: A Bahrain official, in an interview with the Saudi Al-Riyadh newspaper, said that 6.600 million crossed the King Fahd Causeway during 2014, including 6 million Saudis.

Bahrain Mirror: The General-Director of the Anti-Corruption and Economic and Electronic Security Directorate, Bassam Al-Me’raj, said that the directorate received 657 reports on the national anti-corruption hotline during 2015.

Bahrain Mirror: A Bahraini court sentenced on Sunday (December 13, 2015) detainee Ahmad Al-Arab to three years in prison over charges of joining a protest, before judge Ali Al-Dhahrani punished him with an additional year in prison for clapping.

Bahrain Mirror: Academic Dr Abuljalil Al-Singace, Bahraini blogger sentenced to life in prison and senior Haq movement figure, was among the writers at risk that PEN International listed this year.

Bahrain Mirror: The International Center for Supporting Rights and Freedoms (ICSRF) called on the Coalition for the International Criminal Court to urge the Bahraini authorities to allow detainee Ali Abduljalil to attend his mother’s funeral.

Bahrain Mirror: Amnesty International called for urgent action regarding the case of detainee Ali Isa Al-Tajer, who was referred to the Public Prosecution on November 30, 2015, which brought terrorism-related charges against him.

Bahrain Mirror: A local Emirati newspaper reported that members of cell linked to the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) stood before a high court in the United Arab Emirates. The cell comprised of 8 emiratis, a Bahraini, Syrian and Mauritanian national.

Bahrain Mirror: On Dec. 11, 2015, Standard & Poor's Ratings Services affirmed its long- and short-term foreign and local currency sovereign credit ratings on the Kingdom of Bahrain at 'BBB-/A-3'.

Bahrain Mirror: Bahrain Health Ministry family medicine consultant Dr Kawthar Al-Eid said: “Bahrain is so far cholera-free but infections are expected among people coming back from Iraq,” adding that four suspected cases of cholera have been reported in the country on December 11, 2015.

Bahrain Mirror: The Bahrain Society for Sickle Cell Anaemia Patient Care stated that two new patients were reported on Thursday (December 3, 2015) as the 30th and 31st casualties of sickle cell disease of 2015.

Bahrain Mirror: Amnesty International urged the Bahraini authorities to quash human rights activist Zainab Al-Khawaja’s prison sentences, after the appeals court dropped her right to appeal.