Commenting on the Court of Cassation’s decision to reduce his prison sentence from 9 years to 4 years, the Secretary General of al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, Sheikh Ali Salman, undermined this step.

The King of Bahrain ratified a constitutional amendment today that paves the way for military trials of civilians, in yet another example of Bahrain’s efforts to dismantle access to justice and fair trial, said Amnesty International on its website.

The King of Bahrain ratified today Monday (April 3, 2017) the constitutional amendment allowing the military judiciary vast authorities, including trying civilians.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Bahrain strongly denounced throwing rotten eggs at a Saudi military official, describing what happened as “the barbaric assault” and considering the protestors “a group of terrorists”.

Bahrain's top court on Monday reduced the jail sentence of Shiite opposition leader Sheikh Ali Salman, who has been in prison since 2014, a judicial source said.

Sheikh Abdullah Al-Daqaq, prominent Bahraini cleric and director of Hawza in Iranian City of Qom, commented on the verdict issued by a Bahraini court, sentencing him along with 2 others to 10 years in prison and revoking their citizenship. He stressed that the decision was based on “a vexatious and void trial." "I don’t recognize it," he added. "This trial targets everyone who demands legitimate and just rights for our oppressed people in Bahrain, in particular the ones who defend Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim.”

Gulf ministers meeting in Riyadh on Thursday condemned what they termed Iran's support for "terrorist gangs" in Bahrain and urged Tehran to stop fueling "sectarian conflicts".

Information received by Amnesty revealed that detainee Ali Mohamed Hakeem Al-Arab has been tortured during his 26 days of interrogation, including having his toenails pulled off, given electric-shocks and beaten.

A Bahraini court stripped the citizenship of prominent cleric Sheikh Abdullah Al-Daqaq along with two others after regime courts issued sentences reaching 15 years in prison against them. It is to mention that Al-Daqaq is the director of a scientific Hawza in Iranian City of Qom.

The National Democratic Action Society "Wa'ad" announced that “its electronic website was hacked yesterday (Friday, April 1, 2017) as the internal website’s control page was infiltrated and we were not able to log in any longer in order to add a subject or announcement or even control the website’s content.”

British Ambassador to Bahrain Simon Martin said “we are concerned with the terrorists Bahrain is facing and we took a stance in this regards. This is not limited to Bahrain only, but to the neighboring states as well. We are facing a challenge in security threat and we have to face these challenges together, because terrorism has no friend. We also refuse Iran’s threats to Bahrain and Gulf States.”

The Director-General of Anti-corruption and Economic & Electronic Security announced on Sunday the arrest of a man for circulating on social media calls for illegal rallies under the title “Stance of Riffa Residents Against Traffic Law”. Such acts are punishable under Article 13 of Law 32 of 2006 which includes amendments to certain provisions of Law 18 of 1973 on public meetings, rallies and gatherings.

The United Nations called to carry out proper investigations in the killings of protestors in Bahrain. Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General, said in a press conference on March 31, 2017 that “the United Nations demanded Bahrain to undertake confidence‑building measures and hold a genuine national dialogue that helps ensuring peace, stability and prosperity for all Bahrainis.”

U.S. Congressman Jim McGovern (D-MA), a senior House Democrat and the co-chair of the bipartisan Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, released a statement in response to media reports that the Trump Administration plans to lift all human rights conditions on U.S. sales of F-16 fighter jets to Bahrain.

Defense panel of Sheikh Hassan Isa, who was sentenced to 10 years in prison, filed an appeal challenging the verdict convicting Sheikh Hassan Isa and others of funding a terrorist group.

Bahraini FM said that the Gulf States listened to some of Iran’s views concerning disputed issues, which he described as “neither deep nor direct.”

Human Rights First condemned Trump Administration’s decision to move forward with sale of 19 F-16 fighter jets to Bahrain, despite Bahraini regime’s failure to meet human rights conditions attached to deal.

Amnesty International strongly criticized US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson who will reportedly lift human rights conditions on an arms sale to Bahrain, despite that country’s record of oppression against dissidents.

University of Melbourne hosted on Friday a conference entitled, “Human Rights Abuses in the Gulf States,” which discussed the human rights situation in the Gulf States, with a focus on Bahrain and Yemen.

The directorate of support for civil society organizations in the Ministry of Labour and Social Development issued a circular addressing civil organizations including, charity organizations to immediately remove second hand clothes containers.