Family of kidnapped Sayed Alawi Sayed Hussein said that the authorities’ continuation to hide information about his arrest cause and the charges brought from his family and lawyer confirms fears of torture.

Bahrain’s Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa expressed on Tuesday (December 13, 2016) his optimism about the new US Administration headed by President Donald Trump.

New whereabouts appeared in the case of the forcibly disappeared citizen Sayed Alawi Al-Mosawi. Two eyewitnesses who saw him in the Criminal Investigation Department and Jaw Prison said that he is living in harsh conditions. An eyewitness who was held next to Alawi’s room, stated that he heard him screaming “you killed me”. Alawi was addressing his torturers.

The Bahraini authorities released the women’s rights activist Ghada Jamsheer on Monday (December 12, 2016) after she was arrested in August while leaving the country through Bahrain’s International Airport.

Awal Centre for Studies and Documentation is exhibiting its special edition of the famous “Tribe and State in Bahrain” by Lebanese scholar Fuad Khuri at its pavilion at Beirut International Book Fair.

Bahraini citizen Sayed Alawi Sayed Hussein has been away from home for 50 days, since his abduction at the hands of “civilians” on October 24, 2016.

In his first comment on upholding his 9-year jail term, the leader of Bahraini opposition and Al-Wefaq Secretary-General Sheikh Ali Salman said that the verdict issued against him “strengthened his steadfastness”.

The Special Investigation Unit (SIU) affiliated to the Public Prosecution said that the unit investigated 23 complaints of allegations of torture and mistreatment in November.

The Al-Wasat newspaper said that the security authorities prevented the drinking water companies and that of food from entering Diraz to supply the shops, describing what’s going on as “the worst of its kind besiege”.

On Monday (December 12, 2016) night, hashtags #IRunNabeelRajabAccount and #ITweetFromNabeelRajabAccount were widely circulated on Twitter, in both English and Arabic languages, in a supporting campaign for Nabeel Rajab.

Bahraini clerics deemed the verdict that upheld the 9-year jail term against opposition leader Sheikh Ali Salman an imprisonment of opposing political activism and condemnation of national peace, bearing the British government “responsible for supporting the Bahraini regime in delving into the security option.”

A Bahraini court has upheld a nine-year prison term imposed on the country's most prominent opposition leader, Shi'ite cleric Sheikh Ali Salman, local media reported on Monday.

The Associated Press (AP) reported on Monday that “Human rights groups are sharply criticizing a Bahraini appeal court's ruling upholding a nine-year prison sentence against the country's leading Shiite opposition figure [Sheikh Ali Salman].”

France said Monday (December 12, 2016) that it “notes with concern the upholding of the nine-year prison sentence for al-Wefaq’s secretary-general, Sheikh Ali Salman, whose movement – the main opposition party – was dissolved in July by the courts.”

Amnesty International (AI) issued a statement on its website, in which it condemned the 9-year prison verdict issued Monday against Bahraini opposition leader, Sheikh Ali Salman.

Iranian Foreign Ministry expressed its deep concerns about doubling the prison sentence against al-Wefaq Society Secretary General Sheikh Ali Salman, in response to the Appeals Court decision to uphold a 9-year prison sentence against him on Monday.

A US Army-affiliated website “Stars and Stripes” said that “the Islamic State (ISIS) has called on its followers to carry out attacks in Bahrain, including on U.S. installations, presumably including the U.S. 5th Fleet.”

Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society said that the Bahraini regime’s step to uphold a 9-year imprisonment sentence against national opposition leader Sheikh Ali Salman is “an adventure” which further aggravates the political, economic, and human rights situation.

Detainees complained that they are receiving their medical treatment in the “Kalaa” Hospital while they are restrained movement. They also indicated the guards saying that the prison administration is aware of this procedure.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) reiterated today (December 12, 2016) in a statement its demand that the Bahraini authorities immediately release prominent rights activist Nabeel Rajab.