HRW and BIRD condemned on Wednesday (December 6, 2023) the verdict issued by Bahrain's First Criminal Court in September 2023, against 13 defendants in "an unfair mass trial marred with due process violations and torture allegations." HWR and BIRD demanded to assess the defendants' torture allegations.

Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim issued a "patriotic Islamic appeal" to Bahrain's "loyal believing people," calling on them to expel "Zionist invaders and aggressors" from the country.

The UN committee on evaluating the performance of the National Institution for Human Rights (NIHR) in Bahrain postponed the decision on the institution’s classification to a full year.

The head of "Haq" opposition movement, Hasan Mushaima, suspended the hunger strike which he began on Friday, December 1, 2023, after pledges to "resolve outstanding issues" regarding his health and detention conditions.

Sayed Taher Al-Mousawi said "Although the events in Gaza were a priority for talking about our internal crisis, the scenes of Palestinian prisoners being released from the occupation prisons forced our consciences to evoke the issue of prisoners in Bahrain's prisons," describing it as a "national humanitarian issue."

Lawyers for a Bahraini political prisoner Ahmed Jaafar announced on Wednesday, November 29, 2023, suing the Interpol in France over the issuance of a "red notice" that led to the arrest of Jaafar in Serbia and deporting him to Bahrain in 2022.

Prisoner of conscience in Jaw Central Prison, Jassim Khalil Al-Saffar, confirmed that the contaminated drinking water crisis in the prison has worsened.

UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders Mary Lawlor said in a tweet on the "X" platform that "she wrote to the government of Bahrain about the deteriorating health condition and ill-treatment of human rights defenders Abduljalil Al-Singace, Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja and Naji Fateel."

ADHRB called on the Bahraini government to uphold its human rights obligations by immediately and unconditionally releasing prisoner of conscience Mohammad Al-Daqqaq and by investigating all allegations of his arbitrary detention, torture and ill-treatment.

Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding, Bahrain's sovereign wealth fund, the largest shareholder in financially stricken British company McLaren, has provided $80 million in financing to save the latter from bankruptcy.

Sayed Abdullah Al-Ghuraifi called for issuing a unified statement by Bahraini scholars from the two noble sects "that expresses the unity of this country and the unity of this people and the unity of the scholars of this country."

The US aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower passed through the Strait of Hormuz into the waters of the Gulf, US Central Command (CENTCOM) confirmed on Monday.

Zeinab Ibrahim, wife of death row political prisoner Mohammad Ramadan, confirmed that the drinking water provided by the authorities in the building No. 1 of Jaw Central Prison to prisoners, including her husband, "has a dirty smell and is not suitable for drinking."

Six sources familiar with the matter told Reuters Bahrain would not abandon its ties with Israel, even though the parliament has made a strident statement suggesting Israel relations were in the freezer.

The Friday preacher at the Imam Al-Sadiq Mosque, located in Diraz, Sheikh Mohammad Sanqour, expressed that "the world has recently celebrated Children's Day at a time when it stands unable to protect the children of Gaza from the horrific massacres and genocide as a result of the brutal and deliberate Israeli bombardment of safe homes, schools, hospitals and shelters." He noted how more than 5,000 children are still missing under the rubble.

Gulf Air has announced that its database was hacked after its IT system was targeted on Friday, November 24, 2023.

Al-Wefaq society said on Saturday, November 25, 2023, that security authorities arrested a number of youths on charges of participating in the pro-Gaza protests in Bahrain.

The Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor condemned a series of political arrests in Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Saudi Arabia intended to stifle freedom of expression.

The administration of the American Mission Hospital in Bahrain issued a statement responding to what it dubbed "allegations affecting the hospital," following calls to boycott it for "cooperating with one of the hospitals of the Israeli occupation."

Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim expressed that "the Palestinian cause represents in one of its aspects the issue of Karbala, and its jihad represents an extension of that jihad," stressing that "everyone bears the responsibility of supporting the Palestinian cause, men and women alike."