The American “The New Yorker” magazine published an extensive investigation on a PR British company that used to provide services to Bahraini and other oppressive governments to internationally whitewash their reputation.

UK Minister of State for the Middle East and North Africa, Alistair Burt, said that the UK government raised the case of opposition leader Sheikh Ali Salman at a senior level with the Government of Bahrain, on the eve of the verdict issuance against him over claims of colluding with Qatar.

The Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society praised the humane stance of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Prince Zeid Ra'ad Al-Hussein, during the opening meeting of the 38th Session of the Human Rights Council. Al-Wefaq stressed that the fact that he placed Bahrain on the main agenda of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) shows the high professionalism of the Commissioner and the OHCHR in assessing the deteriorating human rights situation in Bahrain.

National Health Regulatory Authority suspended the services of International Hospital of Bahrain until further notice with an agreement with its owner. All the internal sections of the hospital were closed, inducing that operations, X-Ray, laboratory and external clinics, until guaranteeing the needed maintenance that conform with the conditions and standards that should be available in health institutions.

A celebration was held yesterday (June 18, 2018) in Paris on the occasion of granting the prominent Bahraini human rights defender Nabeel Rajab honorary citizenship of the city.

Three Bahraini human rights organizations welcomed the speech given by Zeid bin Ra’ad Al-Hussein, the current United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, in the UN Human Rights Council’s 38th opening session, about the human rights situation in Bahrain. The organizations expressed gratitude that Bahrain’s situation is still among the priorities of human rights issues followed by the high commissioner in the Arab nation.

Recent official numbers showed that there are about 850 children with diabetes in Bahrain and that the total number of infected people approached 53 thousand, with over have of them women.

Chief prosecutor revealed that they received a notice stating that 3 children physically assaulted a child after school hours, while a fourth companion filmed the incident and spread it online.

The General Directorate of Traffic said that it arrested a Bahrain (26 years) and referred him to the Public Prosecution for making stunts with a vehicle that has no plates.

The Gulf Institute for Democracy and Human Rights (GIDHR) addressed U.S President Donald Trump, in a letter issued yesterday (Monday 18 June 2018), on the eve of Sheikh Ali Salman’s trial on 21st of June 2018.

The Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism issued warnings to 8 cafes in Al-Himla village for breaching laws and regulations related to serving shisha, and serving shisha to customers in vehicles and in an area beyond the boundaries of the authorized regio

Saudi Ambassador to Bahrain, Abdullah Al Al-Sheikh, said that Bahraini women will be able to drive and travel between Bahrain and Saudi Arabia via the King Fahd Causeway starting from 10 Shawwal (June 24, 2018).

Bahrain's Foreign Ministry said it had bought the Bahrain embassy building in Brussels with a rent-to-own contract.

Citizens celebrated Eid Al-Fitr visiting the martyrs’ graves in different areas in Bahrain.

United Nations High Commissioner Zeid bin Ra'ad Al-Hussein said that Bahraini refused “unconditional access by my Office and the Special Procedures” amid continued crackdowns on civil society and additional legislation which further restricts the people's fundamental rights.

Activist Ibtisam Al-Saegh said that one month following an arbitrary prevention of right to visits, Zakiya Al-Barbouri (28 years) and Fatima Dawoud Hassan (19 years) were allowed to meet their families. The families received a short call from their detained daughters on Thursday (14/6/2018) saying that they are fine and they were finally allowed right to visits.

The Bahraini security authorities summoned on Thursday (June 14, 2018) a number of Shiite citizens and took DNA samples from them, without a judicial order, activists stressed.

Bahrain’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs strongly deplored the resolution of the European Parliament on Thursday (June 14, 2018) on human rights in the Kingdom and which, according to the ministry, was based “on false information that completely disregards the progress achieved in promoting and protecting human rights in the country in all the civil, political, economic, social and cultural fields”.

The European Parliament issued (on June 13, 2018) a resolution condemning human rights violations in Bahrain and urging it to immediately release opposition detainees and prisoners of conscience, mainly the prominent human rights defender Nabeel Rajab.

Commander-in-Chief of the Defence Force (BDF), Marshal Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, received on Thursday (June 14, 2018) at the BDF’s General Command the member of BDF’s operational task force, Raja Inamullah Khan, who was injured while taking part in the Saudi-led war on Yemen.