The Ministry of Interior said that installing surveillance cameras outside residential apartment comes as part of an enhancement and development scheme for housing buildings in Salmabad.

The number of Ministry of Information Affairs' staff was recorded to be 1092 employees, divided into 820 Bahrainis, constituting 75%, and 272 foreigners, constituting 25% of the staff, according to official numbers.

Human rights groups signed joint letter calling on the King of Bahrain to release and drop the charges against photojournalist Sayed Ahmed Salman al-Mousawi.

The Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte told leaders in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar during a regional visit last weekend that he would deploy Philippine troops to the region if necessary.

Transparency International today called on the government of Bahrain to lift its travel ban on Sayed Sharaf Almosawi, the chair of its partner organization in Bahrain, the Bahrain Transparency Society.

Bahraini citizens, who have benefited from the residential apartments, presented by the Housing Ministry in Salmabad, said, “The Ministry of Housing started a few days ago to install surveillance cameras outside the entrances of the apartments.”

The Bahraini governmental delegation convened with the UN Committee against Torture (CAT) last Friday (April 21, 2017) in a session to discuss Bahrain’s periodic review pertinent to implementing the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.

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.

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).

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).

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.