The fourth High Criminal Court presided over by Judge Ali al-Zahrani, ruled today (Tuesday April 25, 2017) in favor of citizenship revocation verdicts against 36 defendants in a politically motivated case.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 security authorities continued to summon activists to interrogations in a vast campaign that targeted dozens and aimed at imposing travel bans on them in a time that coincides with the UPR session to review Bahrain’s human rights portfolio in Geneva.

King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa has issued a Royal Order 24/ 2017 on the formation of a legislative committee to review the family draft law.

35 Bahraini trade unions condemned what is called an “unfair attack” launched by some business owners against trade unions and union activists without any right.

Bahraini Member of Parliament, and head of the Financial and Economic Affairs Committee in the council, MP Abdulrahman Bu Ali, said he would not be surprised if he received the budget and saw a reduction in current benefits.

The Public Prosecution charged Sunday (April 23, 2017) a number of activists whom it had summoned, with illegal assembly in Diraz.

The Supreme Court of Appeal upheld citizenship revocation verdicts against 7 defendants convicted in a case lined to a “terrorist cell”, which the Ministry of Interior said caught with an explosives storage in Dar Kulaib.

The Legislative and Legal Affairs’ Committee at the Shura Council expressed rejection to have the Parliament Speaker’s power to “appoint assistance secretaries in the General Secretariat of the parliament” transferred to the King by means of a royal decree.

Five members of the Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry filed a lawsuit before the Civil Court against the chamber’s president demanding the last meeting’s proceedings to be annulled.