United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights honored Sheikh Maytham Al-Salman, on World Human Rights Day, for his prominent role in defending human rights in Middle East and North Africa.

The Interior Minister announced on its Twitter account that a male, 19 years old, was arrested after a video circulated on social media of him physically assaulting a shopkeeper in Jidhafs and intentionally damaging the shop.

A former Bahrain national footballer with Australian refugee status must remain in detention in Thailand as he awaits possible extradition, a Bangkok court said Tuesday, as campaigners say they fear he could be "tortured" if returned to the Gulf state.

Al-Wefaq issued a statement on the World Human Rights Day, December 10, in which it stressed that BICI monitored 55 kinds of violations in 2011 only, but the Bahraini regime expanded the types and forms of violations following the issuance of the Bassiouni report.

A Thai court ruled Tuesday that a soccer player who holds refugee status in Australia can be held for 60 days pending the completion of an extradition request by Bahrain, the homeland he fled four years ago on account of alleged political persecution and torture.

The lawyer for an Australia-based refugee soccer player facing extradition from Thailand to Bahrain is confident they will win the case based on the Gulf country's poor human rights record and the real threat to her client's life.

ADHRB sent a letter to Vice President of FIFA, Sheikh Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa, calling on him to support and endorse FIFA’s call to allow footballer Hakeem Al-Araibi, currently detained in Thailand, to return to Australia rather than have him deported to Bahrain, where he potentially faces torture and abuse.

Bahraini activists started on Friday (December 7, 2018) an open protest in front of the Thai Consulate in Australia, protesting against arrest of Hakeem Al-Araibi in Bangkok.

Bahraini football player Hakeem Al-Araibi launched a hunger strike in one of Thai detention centers, after being separated by prison authorities from his wife, who had been staying with him even though she was not formally detained, according to Australia-based Bahraini activist Hassan Abdulnabi.

World football's governing body, FIFA, demanded on Friday the return of Bahraini football player to Australia at the earliest possible moment, where he enjoys refugee status.

Leader in Islamic Action Society (Amal) Hisham Al-Sabbagh enters his 3rd day of hunger strike protesting against being prevented from his right to treatment.

Amnesty International said in a statement on its website that Bahraini refugee Hakeem Al-Araibi is in imminent danger of deportation from Thailand, despite his status as a recognized refugee in Australia. His forcible return to Bahrain would violate international law, it stressed.

Salman Bin Ateyatalla Al Khalifa, King Hamad University Hospital Chief Executive Office, said average of cancer tumors, according to modern medical reports, are increasing. King Hamad Oncology Center receives between 50 and 60 patients daily.

The Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society said in a statement on Wednesday (November 5, 2018) that the Bahraini regime has appointed another government, which was cloned from previous governments, almost identically with a minor change. This government has not changed in form or content since the establishment of the modern state of Bahrain.

The Australian Football Nation Radio website said that the Pascoe Vale footballer Hakeem Al-Araibi, detained in Thailand and wanted in Bahrain, awaits confirmation as to whether he will be allowed to return to Australia, the country he calls home after fleeing Bahrain.

The Salafist Al-Asalah Bloc denied what was published in local newspapers that they stand against the fact that a woman is running for the presidency of the House of Representatives, with the increasing chances of Fawziya Zeinal to take the position by acclamation.

The Guardian newspaper said that The UK’s largest outdoor horse show, which is patronized by the Queen, faces accusations that it is being used by the Bahraini royal family to distract from human rights abuses.

The new government, presided by Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, took the constitutional oath before King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa at the Sakhir Palace, according to Bahrain News Agency.

Thai authorities revealed on Wednesday that Bahrain knew that football player Hakeem Al-Araibi was traveling from Australia to Bangkok and coordinated with Thailand's authorities to arrest him.

Ali Mushaima, son of prominent opposition leader and detainee Hasan Mushaima, said that his father is still waiting for the results of the cancer test he underwent last August.