Bahrain Mirror: The local Bahraini Al-Wasat newspaper said that it was informed by Bahrain's Ministry of Information Affairs of the decision to ban it from "using the social media outlet, YouTube, and was also informed earlier this month that it was banned from publishing and streaming videos.

Bahrain Mirror: Bahrain's Fourth High Criminal Court sentenced a young Bahraini (25 years old) to 5 years in prison over assaulting a policeman, joining an assembly and having possession of Molotov cocktails.

Bahrain Mirror (reuters): Jan 26 Bahrain's central bank said on Tuesday it is taking steps to close down Iranian-owned Future Bank, which is based in the Gulf state.

27 NGOs urged the Bahraini authorities to lift the “arbitrary travel ban” imposed on the human rights defender and president of the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights Nabeel Rajab.

Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society voiced its opposition to referring its Secretary-General Sheikh Ali Salman, a prisoner of conscience, by the authorities to Bahrain’s Public Prosecution to be interrogated again on Sunday (January 24, 2016).

Bahrain’s Fourth High Criminal Court accused 57 suspects of rioting in Jaw Central Prison and sentenced all the defendants to 15 years in prison and fined them 508,187 Bahraini Dinars and 970 fils to compensate for cost of damages.

A Major-General in Bahrain’s Ministry of Interior Mariam Al-Bardooli stated that there are currently 135 prisoners in the Corrections and Rehabilitation Center (women’s prison).

Alya Radhi, wife of Al-Wefaq Secretary General Sheikh Ali Salman, stated on Monday (January 25, 2016) that Sheikh Salman informed her over a phone call that the administration of Jaw Central Prison allowed family calls and visits.

Bahrain Mirror (AFP): A court in Bahrain on Monday added 15-year jail terms to the sentences of 57 Shiite inmates involved in a prison mutiny, a judicial source said.

Bahrain Mirror (Reuters): Bahrain is committed to keeping its dinar currency's peg to the U.S. dollar, a senior official at the kingdom's central bank said on Monday.

Bahrain Mirror (Reuters): Bahrain has not yet made a decision about the fate of an Iranian-owned bank based in the Gulf state under administration, a senior Bahraini central bank official told Reuters on Monday.

Bahrain Mirror (Reuters): A Bahraini court sentenced 57 men to 15-year jail terms on Monday for rioting in a prison outside the capital Manama last March, the public prosecutor's office said.

Bahrain, among a list of 15 countries, has lost its right to vote inside the United Nations after failing to pay annual contribution to the United Nations budget imposed on member states.

Bahrain’s Public Prosecution ordered launching the necessary investigations to identify who is running Sheikh Ali Salman’s personal Twitter account to refer the case to the competent criminal court.

Amnesty International stated that the Bahraini authorities continue to silence the opposition by the use of unnecessary force, arrest and imprison protesters and political opposition leaders, and torture detainees.

Bahrain Mirror: Bahraini lawyer Abdullah Al-Shamlawi stated that Bahrain's Court of Cassation scheduled February 1, 2016 for reconsidering the cassation case No. 204/2015 to detain Sheikh Mohammad Ali Al-Mahfouz. .

Bahrain Mirror (AP): Bahraini authorities have launched a new criminal case against the country's top Shiite opposition figure over comments posted on his Twitter account while he is behind bars.

Bahrain Mirror (AFP): Bahrain's prosecutor said Sunday he would not press new charges against Sheikh Ali Salman, the jailed leader of the main Shiite opposition bloc, in connection with messages posted on Twitter.

Bahrain Mirror (Reuters): A Shi'ite opposition leader already serving a four-year jail sentence in Bahrain has been accused of three more offences including "public incitement against the constitutional order of the country", his lawyer said on Sunday.

Bahrain Mirror: The General Secretariat of Bahrain's Parliament issued a clarifying statement regarding what was published in the newspapers and media about "the deduction of the MPs salaries because of their absence during sessions" in which it emphasized that regulations allow the deduction in case of absence without an excuse.