Amnesty International launched on Monday (May 15, 2017) an appeal to release detainee Nizar Al-Qari, indicating that he is being tortured while in detention.

President of Bahrain Center for Human Rights and prominent human rights activist Nabeel Rajab is supposed to appear today (May 16, 2017) before the court in a case related to television interviews over which the authorities accuse of disseminating “false information”.

Local Bahraini newspaper Akhbar Al-Khaleej said that there is a huge wave of promotions that included more than 40 judges, adding that these promotions will enter into force after the next Official Gazette issue is published.

The Bahraini National Democratic Movement Forces organized a hunger strike event in solidarity with the Palestinian prisoners, under the name of “Freedom and Dignity Strike” on Saturday (May 13, 2017) in Wa’ad Society in Umm Al Hassam. Progressive Democratic Tribune, Bahrain democratic youth society, Bahraini Society Against Normalization with Zionist Enemy and the Unitary National Democratic Assemblage delivered speeches with voicing solidarity with the Palestinian prisoners who are on hunger strike.

Residents of Bilad Al-Qadeem staged a protest on Sunday (May 14, 2017) after they were excluded from the housing projects that the Housing Ministry started to distribute among people, who submitted housing requests in different governorates.

The Director-General of the Muharraq Governorate Police announced the arrest of two suspects for stealing cars and damaging them in various governorates using similar modus operandi.

Sayed Abbas Shubar, Head of Religious Freedoms Unit in Bahrain SALAM for Human Rights, said that no one knows the destiny of the prominent Shiite cleric Sheikh Abdulzahraa Al-Karbabadi since he was arrested on April 28 in a house raid carried out by forces affiliated to the Ministry of Interior.

The Under Secretary of the Bahraini Ministry of Justice and Islamic Affairs, Fareed Al-Muftah, said in a statement to the Al-Ayam local newspaper that he is currently studying a law for preachers and Imams of mosques.

The General Director of Criminal Investigation and Forensic Science warned on Saturday internet users from a virus in a form of an email that hit thousands of organizations around the world. The virus hides data and asks for money to bring them back.

Bahraini security forces detained family members of three U.K.-based activists on Saturday over their protests against the Gulf king's attendance at a royal horse show in Britain, one of the activists said.

Bahrain detained three activists over protests targeting the tiny island nation’s king during a royal horse show in the United Kingdom, a fellow campaigner said Saturday.

The UK-based Bahraini activist Isa Al-A'ali said that the Bahraini authorities arrested his father and summoned his mother over his participation in an anti-King protest.

The Minister of Transportation and Telecommunication Kamal Ahmad revealed in his response to a parliamentary question that “the land of East Sitra Industrial City was transferred in 2016 to Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Company by the Ministry of Finance.”

The Bahrain News Agency published photos of Bahrain King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa meeting UK Queen Elizabeth during the Windsor Horse Show.

Activists circulated photos on social media networks for protest in the UK calling against the Bahraini King’s visit to the UK.

The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) said it received reports that Bahraini authorities arrested the father of Bahraini activist whose citizenship was revoked, Youssef Al-Houri.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) criticized President of the Asian Football Confederation, Bahrain’s Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa, for voting against a Palestinian proposal to halt Israeli football matches on occupied territories.

British rights activists have called on the queen to protest against rising repression, torture and executions in Bahrain when she meets the Gulf state's king in the UK on Friday, according to Middle East Eye website.

Army Commander Khalifa bin Ahmad Al Khalifa honored a number of soldiers returning home from the war in Yemen, as part of the Saudi-led offensive launched March 2015.

The United Nations Committee against Torture on Friday called on Bahrain to release prominent activist Nabeel Rajab from more than nine months of solitary confinement and investigate widespread allegations of ill-treatment and torture of detainees.