Manama- BNA: The Public Prosecutor Dr. Ali bin Fadhl Al-Bouainain announced that His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa will issue a Royal Decree pardoning a number of inmates for humanitarian reasons.

Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): On the eve of Wednesday (May 7, 2015), several countries witnessed protests and clashes with the regime forces that fired toxic gases and shotguns against the protestors.

Bahrain Mirror: The vice-president of the Nursing Society (dissolved), Ibrahim Al-Dimistani, said that he underwent a surgery in his left leg on Monday, May 4, 2015 due to medical negligence in Jaw prison after receiving an injury in his knee as a result of him falling down while practicing exercises he describes as “insulting”.

Bahrain's cabinet approved a draft state budget plan for 2015 and 2016 that envisages slower spending growth along with a sharp rise in the deficit because of low oil prices, state news agency BNA reported on Monday

Bahrain Mirror: The administration of Jaafari Endowments placed a sign board in Al-Maqsha village about constructing a hall to be named after Sheikh Mohsen Al-Asfoor, the chairman of the Endowments.

Human Rights Watch published on Wednesday, May 6, 2015 the stories of the inmates in Jaw Central Prison who were recently released. It also tackled the incidents that sparked inside the prison in March 10, 2015.

Bahraini authorities should order an independent investigation into allegations that security forces used excessive force to quell unrest in Jaw Prison on March 10, 2015, and mistreated prisoners in the aftermath, Human Rights Watch said. Security force members or other officials found to have used unlawful or disproportionate force should be held to account, it added.

The First High Criminal Court sentenced the activist Ghada Jamsheer for a year in prison over assaulting two policewomen and acquitted her from the charge of insulting a policewoman. The court ordered to halt the execution for 3 years, starting from the date of issuing the verdict.

Bahrain Mirror: The government of Bahrain incriminated Al-Maliki for helping the dismissed and detainees’ families. This sentence was issued to incriminate helping needy people in this Muslim country and to reveal that the community has to ignore his religious and humanitarian duty and forget the poor families in order not to put itself under these provisions.

Bahrain Mirror: United States Commission on International Religious Freedom confirmed that Shi’a Muslims continued to be detained and arrested arbitrarily. The commission urged US government to press on the Bahraini government to implement fully the BICI recommendations

Bahrain Mirror: The Bahraini security authorities arrested, on Friday, May 1, 2015, the member of Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, Abdullah Al-Saba’, from the exit of King Fahd Causeway that connects Bahrain to Saudi Arabia.

Bahrain Mirror: For the third successive year, Bahrain maintained its global ranking in “Freedom House” annual report for press freedom. Bahrain ranked 188 worldwide. It was classified as “not free” in the press freedom index for 2014 and the second worst Arab country after Syria.

Bahrain Mirror: The Independent reported that Bahraini Dissidents in UK condemned Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond for secretly visiting Bahrain. They challenged him at an election hustings in his ultra-safe seat of Runnymede and Weybridge on Thursday.

Bahrain Mirror: Government of Bahrain chosen to mark May 1st of this year (2015) by preventing the labors from walking their annual protests.

Bahrain Mirror: The Third High Criminal Court, presided by Judge Ali bin Khalifa Al-Dhahrani acquitted the police accused in killing the martyr Fadel Abbass and sentenced him to three months in prison for injuring Sadeq Al-Asfour.

Bahrain Mirror: The Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) has placed the Iranian Future Bank and Iran Insurance Company into administration since Thursday, April 30, 2015. CBB said that this measure is an isolated incident and will not impact any other bank or insurance company in the Kingdom.

Reuters: The High Criminal Court sentenced a Bahraini man to death for a bomb attack last year that killed a policemen. It also sentenced 11 other suspects in the same case to terms ranging from 10 years to life in jail and ordered them stripped of their citizenship.

Bahrain Mirror: The Fourth High Criminal Court, presided by Judge Ali bin Khalifa Al-Dhahrani, renews the detention of the founder and blogger of “Resistant Media” website for 15 days pending investigations. The authorities charge him with insulting the king and government figures.

Bahrain Mirror: The family of detainee Mohammad Faraj, who suffers from “Multiple sclerosis”, expressed their concern over him being deliberately prevented from receiving the required treatment to his rare life-threatening illness

The Indian cartoonist, Aseem Trivedi, posted a caricature that depicts the suffering of Hussain Jawad, the chairman of the European-Bahraini Organization for Human Rights, in the Bahraini prisons.