Mai bint Mohammed Al Khalifa, the President of the Bahrain Authority for Culture and Antiquities, issued a decree, dissolving the Bahrain Society for Photography, claiming the "involvement of members of the society in activities that violate the law and public order".

The head of the monitoring and documentation unit at the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) said that the Bahraini authorities released poet Abdulhussein Salman.

A Bahraini Court of Appeals upheld the court of first instance's verdict, sentencing 3 suspects to 5 years in prison. The court also sentenced another suspect to 3 years and acquitted 2 others over charges of assembling and burning tires.

The Bahraini authorities released a child whom they summoned for interrogation over the killing of one of the Ministry of Interior's members, which the ministry announced last week.

A Bahraini Salafist cleric who has close ties with the Bahraini ruling Al Khalifa family claimed that it is time to "harvest the heads of Iran's agents," an accusation which is often raised by the Bahraini regime and its supporters against dissenters in the country.

The Bahraini authorities arrested on Sunday (April 24, 2016) poet Abdulhussein Salman over taking part in an opposition oratorical festival held on Saturday (April 23, 2016).

The Bahrain Forum for Human Rights (BFHR) stated that the Bahraini security authorities arbitrarily arrested 39 citizens, adding that 66 others were subjected to torture and ill-treatment during the third week of April, 2016.

Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa said that Bahrain has compelling evidence of Iran's flagrant interference in its internal affairs.

The British paper, The Independent said "that British MPs are to investigate allegations of illegal weapons sales at British weapons fairs after a judge ruled there was "credible" evidence of wrongdoing at the biggest event in the arms trade's calendar "DSEI arms fair".

Bahrain's Public Prosecution said that it concluded its investigations "in the case of a preacher banned from delivering sermons (Sheikh Mohammad Al-Mansi) in violation of the ban issued against him, and concerning some content of his speech which was considered a criminal offense."

Lawyer Mohammad Al-Jishi posted on his personal Twitter account that the King of Bahrain Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa issued a royal pardon, releasing detainee Tagi Al-Maidan, who holds the American passport and is sentenced to 10 years in prison.

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office said that Bahrain achieved progress on human rights in Bahrain throughout 2015, although challenges remain, indicating that the Government of Bahrain continued to take steps to implement its human rights and political reform agenda.

Bahrain Mirror (Reuters): A U.S. citizen who had been sentenced in Bahrain to 10 years in jail in 2013 has been granted a royal pardon and was freed on Thursday after paying a fine, he and his lawyer said.

The Bahraini Parliament issued a statement in which "it stressed on the need to take all measures so as to put an end to the practices of Iran and the Lebanon's Hezbollah," which it deemed a terrorist group, also calling for declaring "war on terrorism fomented by Wilayat Al-Faqih."

Salam for Democracy and Human Rights is organizing an international conference on April 22 and 23, 2016 in coordination with No Peace without Justice, entitled "Shia Persecution in Bahrain".

The Bahraini authorities released on Wednesday (April 20, 2016) detainee Rayhana Al-Mosawi after serving her 3-year jail term, which is considered the longest term served by a Bahraini female over politically-motivated charges.

The Bahraini Minister of Energy Abdulhussain bin Ali Mirza said that oil prices will continue to drop, following the Doha meeting failure.

The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) said that 22 arrests took place during the period between April 11 and 19, 2016. BCHR further stated that 90 percent of the arrests were arbitrary.

The Salafist Al-Asalah Society stated that it is ready to "open the door of Jihad" to back the Bahraini military which expressed its readiness to confront protestors, whom it accused of attacking police patrols.

The United States embassy in Bahrain condemned "in the strongest terms" the gasoline bomb attack that took place in Bahrain's Karbabad Saturday night, leaving one police officer killed and two others wounded.