Bahrain's Fifth Minor Criminal Court sentenced the prisoners of conscience Ibrahim Karimi, also fining him 2,100 Bahraini dinars. Karimi was convicted over charges of insulting the King of Bahrain and a friendly state, although he denied the charges.

There are reports that state that the pursued Bahraini youth, Ali Abdulghani, from the area of Shahrekan was admitted to the military hospital. Abdulghani was injured while attempting to flee from police officers on Thursday (March 31, 2016).

The local Bahraini opposition group, the Democratic National Action Society (Wa'ad), said that the Bahraini authorities concluded its interrogation with its secretary-general Radhi Al-Musawi and released him on Thursday (March 31, 2016).

Bahrain Mirror (Reuters): The decision to revoke Taimoor Karimi's Bahraini citizenship was read out on state media late one night while he was fast asleep at his home in the capital Manama. His children woke him up to break the news.

During the "Rights Under Restrictions" conference, Bahraini academic Dr. Masoud Jahromi recounted his experience as a Bahraini citizen who has been stripped of his nationality and forced to leave the country.

The Director of the World Coalition against the Death Penalty-France (WCADP), O'Reilly Plessis, said that "although there hasn't been many executions in the past few years, we expect the number of people to grow in the coming years."

Antoine Madelin of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) said that investigations revealed that the authorities in Bahrain still deprive the majority of Bahrainis of their rights and use government bodies to crush Bahrainis instead of protecting them, which spreads fear and panic among citizens.

The representative of the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Nada Darwazeh, highlighted that what raises the most concern are the decisions issued deporting Bahraini citizens after stripping them of their political and civil rights.

The Bahrain Forum for Human Rights (BFHR) opened its fifth international conference on Tuesday (April 29, 2016), entitled "Bahrain: Rights Under Restrictions-Freedom of Expression Peaceful Assembly and Right of Citizenship" at the Coral Beach Hotel in the Lebanese Capital, Beirut.

The head of Bahrain's Public Security Tareq Al-Hassan said that security forces have completed security preparations for securing the Formula 1 race, noting that the measures will not be limited to the perimeter of the race track in the Sakhir area only, but to all areas across Bahrain.

The Bahraini High Appeals Court upheld a sentence of first instance, handing down a 5-year prison term to five defendants, over charges of assembling and starting fire in the Sanabes area.

Bahrain's Fourth High Criminal Court convicted 10 defendants of detonating a bomb in Al-Ekr area, manufacturing, acquiring and using explosives, manufacturing and acquiring arms and ammunition and resisting police arrest, sentencing two to 30 years in prison, two others to life imprisonment, four others to 15 years and another two to 3.

Bahrain Mirror (AFP): Bahrain on Tuesday sentenced 10 people to between three years and life in prison for attacking police during a protest in a Shiite village, the prosecution said.

The Fourth High Criminal Court decided to re-summon witnesses in the trial of the Al-Wefaq senior member Sheikh Hassan Isa, over the case of “funding a terrorist group,” in an adjourned hearing to be held on April 24, 2016.

The Third High Criminal Court upheld the verdict issued against a Shiite cleric, Sheikh Abdul Zahraa Al-Mubasher, sentencing him to two years in prison over charges of inciting hatred against the regime and insulting a figure (Muawiya bin Abi Sufyan) venerated by a certain sect.

A Bahraini supreme appeals court commuted the sentences issued against 2 appellants from 10 to 4 years in prison and 2 others from 10 to 5 years in prison over charges of setting fire to two vehicles, owned by MP Majeed Al-Asfoor.

The Bahraini authorities summoned the Bahraini poet Ahmad Al-Ajami for interrogation at the Nabih Saleh Police Station, over reciting a poem on February 24 at the National Democratic Society (Wa'ad) headquarters.

The Bahraini Fourth High Criminal Court sentenced five defendants to 3 years in prison over charges of setting 6 tires ablaze in the village of Saar.

The Bahraini Ministry of Labour and Social Development stressed that all civil society organizations are obliged to attain a license before raising funds and accepting donations.

The head of the Religious Freedoms Department at the Bahrain Human Rights Observatory, Sheikh Maytham Al-Salman, said that the Bahraini authorities released the prominent Shiite cleric and president of the (dissolved) Islamic Scholars Council, Sayed Majeed Al-Mesh'al, after interrogation.