Bahrain Mirror (Reuters): Diplomatic tensions are causing airlines in Saudi Arabia, Iran and Bahrain to lose millions of dollars in revenue at a time when all three countries are grappling with the economic impact of lower oil prices

Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): Witnesses stated on Thursday (January 28, 2016) that the Bahraini security authorities removed barriers near the Pearl Roundabout, which was the center of the February and March protests, to the north and replaced them with police vehicles.

Bahrain Mirror: Three Bahraini organizations condemned the sentences issued by Bahraini courts on January 25, 2016 to imprison 57 detainees to an additional 15 years over claims of their involvement in Jaw Prison riots that took place in March, 2015.

Bahrain Mirror: The Bahraini opposition leader Abdul Jalil Al-Singace announced on Thursday (January 28, 2016) that he ended his hunger strike which lasted for 313 days, protesting the abuse practiced against the detainees in Jaw Central Prison following the unrest that erupted in March 2015.

The local Bahraini Al-Ayam newspaper, owned by the Bahraini King’s advisor Nabeel Al-Hamer, said that the complaints and reports raised by the parliament against accounts on social media outlets reached up to 15.

Bahrain’s Public Prosecution announced that Dr. Saeed Al-Samahiji was referred to court over charges of insulting Saudi Arabia and calling for demonstrations.

Bahrain’s Supreme Court of Appeals reconfirmed sentencing 7 suspects to 10 and 15 years in prison over blowing up two gas cylinders in a vehicle in the village of Sehla.

Bahrain’s Fourth High Criminal Court handed down 10-year prison terms to 4 suspects accused of burning tires in the village of Aali and assault by hurling Molotov cocktails at the vehicle of former MP Mohammad Khaled.

Bahrain Mirror: Human Rights Watch issued its World Report 2016 in which it highlighted that further evidence emerged in 2015 of torture and mistreatment of detainees, pointing to the ineffectiveness of institutions established since 2011 to safeguard detainees, and the persistent failure of authorities to hold officials accountable for torture and other serious rights violations.

Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): Forces TV website reported that "Queen Elizabeth Class carriers appear to have hit what some are claiming is a major stumbling block, or duck" at Mina Salman in Bahrain.

Bahrain Mirror: Bahrain's Supreme Court of Appeals decided to return the case of the Bahraini opposition leader Al-Wefaq Secretary-General Sheikh Ali Salman for hearing, in order to display a number of CDs submitted by the defence team containing Salman's speeches, and set March 15, 2016 as the next date of the hearing.

Within the framework of the preparations made to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the February 14 uprising which erupted in 2011, the Bahraini revolutionary forces called for awaiting the announcement of the steps launching the “Al-Nimr Rebellion.”

The Bahrain Forum for Human Rights (BFHR) published a special book documenting how 49 Bahraini children and fetuses lost their right to live by deliberate or extrajudicial killings practiced by the Bahraini authorities.

The Bahraini Foreign Ministry said that the United Nations General Assembly didn’t issue a decision depriving Bahrain of its right to vote, pointing out that Bahrain has paid all of its financial obligations.

The local Bahraini Al-Wasat newspaper said that the government recently “replaced the vehicles of a number of ministers with new 2016 BMWs.”

Bahrain’s February 14 Coalition called for “massive participation” in the demonstrations organized to take place on Friday (January 29, 2016) under slogan “The Friday of February Will”.

After arresting and sentencing him to four years in prison, the ruling Al Khalifa tribe in Bahrain is doing its best to impose a complete siege on the opposition leader Sheikh Ali Salman and his freedom of expression.

The British Mirror website published a news report stating that the British military Sandhurst Academy “is training hundreds of officers from regimes with appalling human rights records,” including Bahrain.

Bahrain Mirror: Bahrain's Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa urged the Parliament to "assume its responsibility amid these difficult conditions to overcome all the obstacles," in reference to the economic challenges emerging from falling oil prices.

Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): The German Bild newspaper mocked the Bahraini Sheikh Salman bin Ibrahim's announcement to run for FIFA presidency, over suspicions of his involvement in the torture of a number of athletes in a campaign launched by the Bahraini regime against protestors in 2011.