Bahrain Mirror: The Bahraini Finance Minister Ahmad bin Mohammad Al Khalifa revealed that there is an increase in the public budget deficit that reached 1 billion and 500 million Bahraini dinars, as the oil prices dropped to 45 USD per barrel.

Bahrain Mirror: The Bahraini Ministry of Finance pinned the blame on the members of parliament and their “recurrent demands” for the hike in the public debt and the public budget deficit increase.

Bahrain Mirror: Member of Bahrain’s Special Investigation Unit (SIU), Mohammad Khalid Al-Haza’, stated that the Ninth Minor Criminal Court sentenced a policeman to two years in prison over charges of violating the bodily integrity of another person.

Bahrain Mirror: The Bahraini Public Prosecution renewed the detention of the prominent Al-Wefaq figure, Sheikh Hassan Isa, for 30 additional days according to Al-Wefaq society’s official Twitter account.

Bahrain Mirror: Bahrain’s First High Criminal Court acquitted on Monday (December 7, 2015) five policemen of charges of torturing detainees to extract false confessions.

Bahrain Mirror: Bahrain’s Second High Appeals Court decided to adjourn the case of attorney Taymour Karimi and nine others, until the Public Prosecution has a royal decree issued to revoke their nationalities. The court set February 22, 2016 as a date for implementing the sentence.

Bahrain Mirror: Bahrain’s First High Criminal Court sentenced three suspects over charges of joining assembly and starting fire in Al-Naim area to 5 years in prison while sentencing another to 3 years and acquitting another suspect of the charges due to lack of evidence.

Bahrain Mirror: The Special Investigation Unit (SIU) has received 14 complaints during November, nine of which were related to claims of ill-treatment, while four others were linked to torture and another regarding the use of excessive force by policemen.

Bahrain Mirror: The Audit and Administrative Control Bureau in Bahrain have issued a report recently revealing shocking figures, regarding the public debt and government spending. It recorded a wide-range of violations committed within ministries and governmental institutions.

Bahrain Mirror: The Bahraini Shura council approved a proposal banning clerics affiliated to political societies from delivering religious speeches.

Bahrain Mirror: The preacher of Imam Al-Sadiq Mosque in Bahrain’s Diraz, Sheikh Mohammad Sanqour, demanded in his Friday sermon “the release of female prisoners” stressing that “this does not undermine the country’s security and stability.”

Bahrain Mirror: The figures issued by Bahrain’s Higher Education Council for the academic year 2014-2015 revealed that the number of non-Bahraini students studying in different higher education institutions in the Kingdom of Bahrain has reached 4,862.

Bahrain Mirror: In response to statement calling for the release of imprisoned clerics, five of the prominent religious leaders detained in Jaw Central Prison issued a statement in which they said: “What concerns us is the release of all the prisoners, beginning with our sons and daughters of this nation.”

Bahrain Mirror: The Gulf Centre for Human Rights called on the Bahraini authorities to carry out impartial investigations into the torture of Ali Isa Al-Tajer, brother of prominent lawyer Mohammad Al-Tajer.

Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): The deputy president of Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR), Sayed Yousef Al-Mohafdha, confirmed that torture in Bahrain is in fact an official systematic policy, highlighting a number of cases documented by Human Rights Watch (HRW).

Bahrain Mirror: Bahrain's First High Criminal Court looked into a case of a suspect accused of intentionally spreading rumors during wartime and inciting hatred against a sect.

Bahrain Mirror: The Bahrain News Agency (BNA) said that the Bahrain’s Interior Minister Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa visited India, met with his Indian counterpart Rajnath Singh and a signed security cooperation agreement.

Bahrain Mirror: Bahrain's Second High Criminal Court adjudicated that the human rights defender Zainab Al-Khawaja has lost her right to appeal, since she did not attend the trial hearings.

Bahrain Mirror: Bahrain's First High Criminal Court sentenced 4 suspects to 3 years in prison over planting a hoax bomb in Bahrain’s island of Sitra.

Bahrain Mirror: Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa said that “Bahrain press today enjoys complete freedom of expression and opinion,” expressing his appreciation of all journalists and columnists for raising key issues which serve the interests of the country.