Family of injured Hamed Jassim Al-Abed said that they have not received any information about his health condition since he was injured about a month ago, when the special forces opened fire at a boat that was transferring him along with other 9.

Activist Ibtisam Al-Saegh said on Sunday (March 5, 2017) that Ahmad Isa Al-Malali (23 years) sustained a gunshot wound and multiple fractures.

Bahrain's parliament on Sunday approved a constitutional change allowing military courts to try civilians, the kingdom's latest rollback on reforms made after its 2011 Arab Spring protests that likely will stoke an ongoing government crackdown on dissent.

Bahrain's upper house of parliament on Sunday approved a constitutional amendment which grants military courts the right to try civilians, sparking concern for the fate of activists already in custody.

Bahrain's top government advisory body passed a constitutional amendment allowing suspected militants to be tried in military courts on Sunday, state news agency BNA reported, in a move criticized by activists.

The Bahraini authorities arrested on Sunday (March 5, 2017) Haj Majeed Abdullah, after he took part, along with a dozen others, in a protest outside the General Secretariat of Grievances (Ombudsman).

Bahrain Crown Prince, and Deputy Supreme Commander and First Deputy Prime Minister, Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, arrived in Qatar in an official visit, during which he is expected to meeting Qatar Prince Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani.

The majority of Shura Council (The Consultative Council) members gave their approval to the constitutional amendment pertinent to the military judiciary. The amendment grants military courts wider authorities.

Bahraini local newspaper al-Wasat issued a report on government employees’ complain that their promotions have been frozen for two months now, under the pretext that the 2017 and 2018 state budget had not yet been approved.

Bahrain says it has arrested 25 suspected members of a terror group allegedly backed by Iran on the island nation.

Bahrain said Saturday that it had arrested 25 suspects accused of involvement in unrest in the Sunni-ruled kingdom, including a deadly jailbreak.

Family of political detainee Ibrahim Mashkour from Bu Quwah demanded the Bahraini authorities to temporary release him to attend his mother’s funeral procession who died on Saturday, March 4, 2017.

Al-Wazzan is notorious for being one of the main officers whose names were linked to acts of torture during the 1980s and 1990s.

In an interview Christopher Davidson discusses the West’s often covert counter-revolutionary activities in the Middle East region.

Brian Dooley, director of the Human Rights Defenders program in Human Rights First, said in an article he published in the Huffington Post newspaper that President Trump’s assaults on the media, attacks on refugee rights, reports that his administration is considering withdrawing from the U.N. Human Rights Council, and his increasing chumminess with dictators are all alarming signs for human rights defenders hoping for support from Washington.

The Office of Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) hosted a panel at the Russell US Senate Office Building on the sixth anniversary of Bahrain’s pro-democracy uprising.

An event held on March 1, 2017, entitled, "Bahrain 6 years on - where to go from here?" focused on what next steps could be taken in order to pressure Bahraini authorities to live up to their human rights commitments.

The British government has refused to back a joint United Nations statement criticising Bahrain over its deteriorating human rights record.

Bahrain News Agency (BNA) said that the Assistant Foreign Minister Abdulla Al-Dosari met on Wednesday (March 1, 2017) the US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Scott Busby on the sidelines of the 34th session of Human Rights Council in Geneva.

Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa and Crown Prince Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, discussed with Bahrain King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, the outcomes of their recent visits in Gulf countries.