Amnesty International stated that a Bahraini court upheld a verdict sentencing Bahraini photographer Ahmad Al-Fardan to three months in prison over charges of “attempting to participate in a public gathering.”

The Bahraini Al-Wafa Islamic Party called on opposition groups to support the protests and events announced by the revolutionary forces in the country to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the February 14 uprising anniversary.

The Kremlin Press Office announced that Russian President Vladimir Putin is due to meet Bahrain's Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa on Monday (February 8, 2016) in Russia’s Black Sea resort city of Sochi.

Bahrain’s Fifth Criminal Court two suspects over charges of starting a fire, illegal assembly and possession of Molotov in Sitra. The court handed down a 3-year jail term to the first suspect and 6-month term to the other.

16 human rights organizations sent a letter to the member states in the United Nations Human Rights Council regarding the developments in the human rights status in Bahrain ahead of the next session to be held in Geneva.

Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): As the Bahraini uprising's fifth anniversary approaches, thousands of Bahrainis took to the streets on Friday (February 5, 2016) in different villages across Bahrain expressing their adherence to the demands made on February 14, 2011.

Bahrain Mirror: The Bahraini youth Kassim Mostafa Ibrahim Al-Saegh (27 years old) from the village of Al-Dair was reported as the fifth victim of Sickle Cell Anaemia in Bahrain on Wednesday (February 3, 2016).

Fatima Al-Halwachi, the Head of Monitoring and Documentation department of the EBOHR, sent an open letter to the President of the European Parliament in which she explained her father’s imprisonment conditions over a period of a year and a half.

The Stars and Stripes stated that “The USNS Choctaw County is the first auxiliary expeditionary fast transport ship to be forward deployed to the 5th Fleet area of operations.”

Bahrain Mirror (Reuters): Bahrain is ready to commit ground troops to Syria as part of a U.-S.-led coalition against Islamic State, the Gulf island state said on Friday, a day after its larger neighbour and close ally Saudi Arabia announced a similar pledge.

The Bahrain Defence Force (BDF) said that 2015 witnessed many achievements, shedding light on King Hamad’s visits and the support of the Prime Minister and Crown Prince.

The countdown continues in Bahrain ahead of the commemoration of the fifth anniversary of February 14 uprising as protests are being staged in different villages and towns across Bahrain in preparation for this important event.

The European Parliament called on in a joint motion for a resolution “the Government of Bahrain to grant Mohammed Ramadan a royal pardon or to commute his sentence,” expressing its “concern and disappointment over Bahrain’s return to the practice of capital punishment.”

Amnesty International stated that eulogy reciter Ahmad Mushaima’ (son of prominent detainee Hassan Mushaima’) was released, after serving a one-year prison sentence for “publicly insulting the King of Bahrain”.

The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) expressed its concerns over the Bahraini “authorities’ retaliation against female human rights defenders through imprisoning them and judicially pursuing them to pressure them to stop their peaceful activism.”

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemned a Manama appeal court decision on Wednesday (February 3, 2015) upholding internationally-known photographer Ahmed Al-Fardan’s three-month jail sentence and arrest after the hearing to begin serving the sentence.

Bahrain's First High Criminal Court presided over by judge Hamad bin Salman Al Khalifa with the membership of judges Dia' Huraidi and Issam-Eldeen Mohammad Khalil and Naji Abdullah as secretariat, sentenced 8 suspects to 3 years in prison over charges of starting a fire and holding an assembly in Salmabad.

Bahrain’s court of Appeals upheld a 3-month jail sentence against Photographer Ahmed Al-Fardan over joining assembly. Al-Fardan; however, has already denied this charge before the court.

The News Time website stated that Witness Bahrain will be presented at the Ridgefield Playhouse on Saturday, Feb. 6, 2016. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with filmmaker Jen Marlowe, a New York and Seattle-based human rights activist and author.

Bahrain's Second High Criminal Appeals Court upheld, in absentia, a verdict sentencing human rights activist Zainab Al-Khawaja to 9 months in prison over insulting police officers and entering the reform and rehabilitation center without permission.