Economic advisor in the House of Representatives Abdullah Al-Sadiq said that treatment of the actuarial deficit of the pension funds requires an increase in the number of participants for retirees.

Al-Ayam newspaper, which has close ties with the Royal Court, said that the Parliament will be invited to convene at the end of the current month to vote on a bill suggested by the parliamentary committee regarding changing the retirement laws.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs called on Bahraini citizens to immediately leave Iraq, due to the protests witnessed there.

Leading writers including Margaret Atwood, Elif Shafak and Claire Tomalin have signed an open letter to the king of Bahrain urging him to intervene in the case of political prisoner Hassan Mushaima.

Britain's Reprieve called for signing a petition to prevent Bahrain from carrying out the death penalty on 21 people on death row, many of them political prisoners.

Bahraini Ministry of Interior has explained that not issuing a Bahraini passport to a Bahraini child was due to the fact that her father, who went to Syria to fight with terrorist organizations, had his nationality revoked.

Bahraini citizen Mohammed Khatam said he received a promise to have his case cleared within a month. On August 27, 2018, Khatam was arrested in front of the former government building in the capital, Manama.

The family of Mohammed Faraj, a patient who suffers from multiple sclerosis, confirmed that he has been without medication since a week ago.

The Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism said it has administratively closed three shops in Hoora, and referred the shopkeepers to Public Prosecution on charges of violating the provisions of Commercial Registration Law 27/2017.

The Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society considered the trial of opposition leader Sheikh Ali Salman a political trial that aims to try the project of a collective state, which is based on law and institutions and in which the people are the source of power.

Activist Maryam Al-Khawaja said in a tweet on her own Twitter account thet her sister, Zainab Al-Khawaja, started a silent hunger strike in solidarity with Ali Mushaima who is demanding basic prisoner rights for his 70 year old father, Hasan Mushaima, a prisoner of conscience in Bahrain.

Human rights activist Ebtisam Al-Sayegh reported the complaints of a number of political prisoners in some of Jaw Central Prison’s buildings due to the continuous water outage that has lasted for five days.

Account of Bahraini citizen Mohammad Khatem said that he called his family form the emergency department of Al-Salmaniya and told them that the authorities ordered his release.

The selection panel of the Václav Havel Human Rights Prize, comprising independent figures from the world of human rights and chaired by the President of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) Liliane Maury Pasquier, has drawn up the shortlist for the Prize in Prague.

Three US Navy personnel deployed to Bahrain are facing criminal charges over an alleged sex trafficking and corruption scandal.

The Oil Minister Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Khalifa said that his country is trying to attract American investors in the oil shale industry under suitable conditions.

A local daily said that discussions are still ongoing between the House of Representatives and the Government to discuss bills of retirement law. It reported a source that stressed that the focus is on not giving absolute power to the Social Insurance Authority.

The Egyptian anti-government “Rassd” website said that the Egyptian Ministry of Interior approved the renunciation of the nationalities of 21 Egyptians.

Family of cancer patient detainee Elias Al-Mullah expressed concerns regarding the new symptoms that appeared on him, calling to allow him receive treatment without delay.

The renewal judge renewed on Monday (September 3, 2018) the detention of detainee Zakiya Al-Barbouri for 30 days.