HRW and BIRD condemned on Wednesday (December 6, 2023) the verdict issued by Bahrain's First Criminal Court in September 2023, against 13 defendants in "an unfair mass trial marred with due process violations and torture allegations." HWR and BIRD demanded to assess the defendants' torture allegations.

A hunter hunted a group of birds on a cold day, then slaughtered them one after the other. The tears of the hunter were pouring from his eyes due to the bitter cold, so two birds looked at him and his tears, and one of them said to the other, "Look at the hunter, he looks so sad as he slaughters us. He cries out of pity and mercy for us!"

The Commander-in-Chief of the Bahrain Defense Force, Field Marshal Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, stressed that the Arab and Islamic nation is targeted in its homelands, peoples, territorial resources and in every field, even in its religion.

The Bahraini government poured hundreds of millions of dollars into a losing project, only this year, just because there is someone who wants to prove that he "understands corporate restructuring."

Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim issued a "patriotic Islamic appeal" to Bahrain's "loyal believing people," calling on them to expel "Zionist invaders and aggressors" from the country.

The UN committee on evaluating the performance of the National Institution for Human Rights (NIHR) in Bahrain postponed the decision on the institution’s classification to a full year.

The head of "Haq" opposition movement, Hasan Mushaima, suspended the hunger strike which he began on Friday, December 1, 2023, after pledges to "resolve outstanding issues" regarding his health and detention conditions.

Sayed Taher Al-Mousawi said "Although the events in Gaza were a priority for talking about our internal crisis, the scenes of Palestinian prisoners being released from the occupation prisons forced our consciences to evoke the issue of prisoners in Bahrain's prisons," describing it as a "national humanitarian issue."

Lawyers for a Bahraini political prisoner Ahmed Jaafar announced on Wednesday, November 29, 2023, suing the Interpol in France over the issuance of a "red notice" that led to the arrest of Jaafar in Serbia and deporting him to Bahrain in 2022.

Prisoner of conscience in Jaw Central Prison, Jassim Khalil Al-Saffar, confirmed that the contaminated drinking water crisis in the prison has worsened.

UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders Mary Lawlor said in a tweet on the "X" platform that "she wrote to the government of Bahrain about the deteriorating health condition and ill-treatment of human rights defenders Abduljalil Al-Singace, Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja and Naji Fateel."

ADHRB called on the Bahraini government to uphold its human rights obligations by immediately and unconditionally releasing prisoner of conscience Mohammad Al-Daqqaq and by investigating all allegations of his arbitrary detention, torture and ill-treatment.

Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding, Bahrain's sovereign wealth fund, the largest shareholder in financially stricken British company McLaren, has provided $80 million in financing to save the latter from bankruptcy.

Sayed Abdullah Al-Ghuraifi called for issuing a unified statement by Bahraini scholars from the two noble sects "that expresses the unity of this country and the unity of this people and the unity of the scholars of this country."

The US aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower passed through the Strait of Hormuz into the waters of the Gulf, US Central Command (CENTCOM) confirmed on Monday.

Zeinab Ibrahim, wife of death row political prisoner Mohammad Ramadan, confirmed that the drinking water provided by the authorities in the building No. 1 of Jaw Central Prison to prisoners, including her husband, "has a dirty smell and is not suitable for drinking."

Six sources familiar with the matter told Reuters Bahrain would not abandon its ties with Israel, even though the parliament has made a strident statement suggesting Israel relations were in the freezer.

The Friday preacher at the Imam Al-Sadiq Mosque, located in Diraz, Sheikh Mohammad Sanqour, expressed that "the world has recently celebrated Children's Day at a time when it stands unable to protect the children of Gaza from the horrific massacres and genocide as a result of the brutal and deliberate Israeli bombardment of safe homes, schools, hospitals and shelters." He noted how more than 5,000 children are still missing under the rubble.

What an embarrassing sight it is to see Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa on camera singing songs that glorify him during the opening of an annual animal production exhibition.

Gulf Air has announced that its database was hacked after its IT system was targeted on Friday, November 24, 2023.