The United States voiced concern on Tuesday about the detention of leading Bahraini democracy campaigner Nabeel Rajab and called on the Manama government to release him immediately.

US journalist and columnist at the New York Times, Nicholas Kristof, said that the repression of King Hamas is what damages the image of Bahrain.

The News York Times published an article dwelling on the death of ISIS member Abu Muhammad al-Adnani, who was killed in an American drone strike in northern Syria late last month August. The newspaper mentioned that Al-Adnani’s heir might be Turki al-Binali from Bahrain.

Bahrain King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa arrived in the Russian capital Moscow on Monday (September 5, 2016) in his second visit of its kind this year.

A Bahraini court will next month announce its verdict in the trial of prominent activist Nabeel Rajab whose detention has been condemned by rights groups, a judicial source said Monday.

Reuters: Bahrain prosecutors on Monday filed new charges against a man believed by rights activists to be the Gulf state's most prominent jailed democracy campaigner, Nabeel Rajab, after the New York Times published an op-ed under his byline.

The Public Prosecution opened a new case against the prominent human rights activist Nabeel Rajab over publishing an article in the New York Times on Sunday (September 4, 2016) entitled “Letter from a Bahraini Jail”.

A Bahraini watchdog says the country's leading activist, Nabeel Rajab, has been charged with publishing "false news and statements and malicious rumors that undermine the prestige of the kingdom," a day after his letter appeared in The New York Times.

President of Bahrain Center for Human Rights and Prominent Human Rights Defender Nabeel Rajab said that his trial is malicious, and that his arrest is due to his meeting with the US Secretary of State John Kerry, during his visit to Bahrain in April.

The local Bahraini Akhbar Al-Khaleej newspaper said that a parliamentary delegation will head today (Monday, September 5, 2016) to Geneva to meet the high Commissioner for Human Rights Prince Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, on the sideline of the 33rd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), to be held on 13-30 September.

The Australian Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed its interest in the human rights situation in Bahrain and its wish that Bahrain maintain its commitment to achieving concrete political reform based on respect for the legitimate rights and aspirations of all its citizens.

The New York Times published a letter by detained Bahraini activist Nabeel Rajab in which he asked questions addressed to US Secretary of State John Kerry.

The Saudi "News 24" website stated that a Saudi lawyer is leading a case against Bahraini journalist Mohammad Al-Shorouqi in Bahraini courts, for charges of insulting Saudi scholars.

Human Rights Watch said in a statement released at dawn Sunday, September 4, 2016, that Bahrain has to immediately stop the prosecution of prominent human rights activist Nabeel Rajab, who faces up to 15 years in prison on charges violating his right to freedom of expression.

The Bahraini Royal Court announced that King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa will visit Moscow today Monday to discuss regional and international developments.

Lawyer and rights activist Mohammed al-Tajer said Bahraini authorities treat the entire nation with a sense of superiority and arrogance.

Al-Ayam newspaper declared scheduled date on which court will look into Al-Wefaq...

Bahraini authorities banned head of Bahrain Transparency Association, Sayyed Sharaf al-Moussawi, from traveling via Bahrain’s International Airport.

Local newspaper al-Wasat reported information that Head of Supreme Judicial Council issued decision to create a new department at the Court of Civil Appeal

Bahrain King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa issued decree No. (68) for year 2016, stating reorganization of Foreign Ministry.