It’s likely that the Congress will reverse its disapproval of US fighter jet sales to Kuwait, Qatar and Bahrain before Obama’s second term ends.

Reports said Bahraini authorities arrested human rights activist Ghada Jamsheer two days ago, while she was at Bahrain airport leaving the country.

Al-Dair residents announced that they won’t carry on Friday prayers, for second consecutive week, after “Al-Khaif” Mosque Imam was arrested and prosecuted.

Public Prosecution referred Sheikh Ali al-Jufairi to trial, after being accused of taking part in the Diraz open sit-in.

Bahraini authorities announced death of one of its soldiers involved in the Saudi-led war on Yemen.

Sayyed Ammar al-Hakim said he stressed on necessity to solve all issues in Bahrain through dialogue.

The security authorities released yesterday youth Mohammad Abdulamir Al-Arab (20 years) after his family lost contact with him since (August 9, 2016) as he was paying a visit to his hometown, Bani Jamra.

For the fifth consecutive week, the authorities have banned the Imam of Friday prayer from entering Diraz to perform the prayers, which made worshipers perform their prayers separately (without being led by the Imam).

The Sunni Waqf Endowment Directorate said that it summoned one of its preachers to inform him to stop preaching and sign a pledge to abide by the ethics of the religious discourse pursuant to the ministerial decision number 23/2009.

Bahrain’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs strongly condemned the shooting that targeted Qatif Police patrol in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, leading to the death of one soldier.

In an indirect response to the statement of the UN experts that was issued few days ago, Bahrain’s Prime Minister Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa denied the government’s targeting of Shia majority in the county.

A Bahraini court set (August 25, 2016) as a date to issue its verdict against Sayyed Majeed Al-Mashaal, the head of the largest Shiite institution, Ulama Islamic Council, after less than a month of his arrest.

A Bahraini court renewed the detention of Taiba Ismail for 15 more days over the charge of “insulting the king” through tweets. This means that she will spend two months in the pre-detention prison.

Public Prosecution decided to renew detention of Taiba Ismail for 15 additional days pending investigation, according to human rights activists.

Bahraini security authorities released on Wednesday Shiite cleric Sayed Mousa Al-Wadaie following interrogation.

The British Guardian newspaper said that leading press freedom groups have sent a letter to foreign secretary Boris Johnson raising concerns about the human rights record of Bahrain’s ambassador to the UK, Fawaz bin Mohammad Al Khalifa.

International Centre for Supporting Rights and Freedoms said fear...

Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor said treating Maytham al-Salman as a criminal makes moderation a crime in Bahrain.

Complaints, Monitoring and Follow-up Committee of National Institution for Human Rights said it received 99 complaints since January 2016 to date.

Court looked into new case raised by Public Prosecution against head of dissolved Islamic Ulama Council Sayed Majeed Al-Mashaal.