The Al-Ayam local newspaper said that the official opening of Avenues Mall will take place in October 28.

Security authorities in Bahrain prevented the country's Shiite majority from holding their largest Friday prayers for the 66th consecutive week, banning Imam of Friday prayer and worshipers from entering Diraz.

The Bahraini security authorities released on Thursday (October 19, 2017) Shiite cleric Sheikh Abdulzahraa Al-Mobasher after two years of arrest over the charges of inciting hatred against the regime.

Bahrain’s Minister of Interior Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa received outgoing American Ambassador William Roebuck on Thursday in the presence of Deputy Interior Minister, Chief of public security and Undersecretary of Ministry of Interior

A number of Bahraini human rights organizations called upon the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to urgently visit Bahraini prisons to stand upon their situation and invite UN Special Rapporteurs and relevant UN working groups to submit new applications to visit Bahrain.

Family of detained Bahraini Elias Mullah, who suffers from colon cancer, said that he no longer wants treatment as a result of the degrading treatment he is subjected to by the Jaw Prison administration.

The Bahraini Ministry of the Interior said that inmates held in Bahraini prisons "receive all the rights stated in the Reform and Rehabilitation Institution law", in response to calls for respecting the basic rights of prisoners.

The UK Queen’s gift of an Arabian horse has prompted outrage from activists who say it lends cover to Bahrain's crackdown on human rights.

Vice-President of the Supreme Judicial Council and President of the Court of Cassation Abdullah bin Hassan Al-Buainain issued a decree appointing four judges to supervise administrative work in the courts.

Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society appealed that there are over 4000 prisoners of conscience in the Bahraini prisons “subjected to political retaliation” after several reports about detainees subjected to torture and enforced disappearance.

Gulf Institute for Democracy and Human Rights (GIDHR) issued its 13th human rights newsletter that monitors human rights violations in Bahrain and Gulf states.

The Bahraini security authorities prevented on Wednesday (October 18, 2017) Sayed Sharaf Al-Mosawi, the chairman of the Bahrain Transparency Society, from traveling to Germany to take part in Transparency International Conference held in Berlin.

Security authorities affiliated to Interior Ministry prevented the National Democratic Action Society (Wa'ad) from organizing a seminar in support of Palestinian cause, criticizing the normalization of relations with Israel.

Batelco Group has announced the appointment of Mohamed Bubshait as Batelco new Chief Executive Officer.

Bahrain’s interior minister accused Iran of harbouring 160 Bahrainis convicted of terrorism and stripped of their citizenship, in an interview published Wednesday.

Qatar’s foreign minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani said that Qatari forces participating in US-led activities against Islamic State or working with Bahrain-based US Fifth Fleet were expelled after the recent Gulf dispute.

The Bahraini Ministry of Health has canceled the position of Assistant Undersecretary for Financial and Technical Resources, which is occupied by the naturalized citizen Maher Al-Anees.

Bahraini Attorney General Ali Fadl Al-Buainain said that only one case has been referred to the military judiciary since a constitutional amendment was passed, allowing the prosecution of civilians in military courts.

The Inspection Department at the Secretariat of the capital Manama announced that owners of Ashura-related food stands are violating the law, and placed notices ordering the removal of these food stands or else the Secretariat will remove them itself.

According to official statistics, more than 400,000 private sector workers receive monthly salaries under 200 Bahraini dinars, while 33,000 earn salaries ranging from 1,000 to 1,500 BD and more.