The High Appeals Court upheld 7-year jail term against two political detainees convicted, along with a third defendant, of attempting to murder a policeman at Diraz entrance.

Football player Hakeem Al-Araibi condemned Australia's support for the re-election of Asian Football Confederation president Sheikh Salman Bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa.

A refugee footballer who spent over two months in Bangkok detention under threat of extradition to his native Bahrain will soon become an Australian citizen, he told local media Thursday.

Amnesty International said that detainee Hajar Mansour, mother-in-law of activist Sayed Ahmed Al-Wadaie, is prevented from undergoing comprehensive medical tests requested by the doctor, who examined her last month, due to suffering a lump in her breast.

Dutch media outlets followed the case of the Bahraini citizen who had sought asylum in the Netherlands, Ali Al-Shuwaikh, and who was sentenced to life in jail.

Formula One has been accused of "looking the other way" by human rights groups in the case of an activist who was beaten, sexually abused and jailed for protesting against the Bahrain Grand Prix.

Refugee footballer Hakeem al-Araibi has urged Formula One fans to boycott this year's Grand Prix in Bahrain to protest human rights abuses, claiming he still feels threatened by authorities in his homeland, according to AFP.

The Public Prosecutor extended the detention of the two children, Hussein Radi Abdullah and Ali Husein Abdulwahab, from Al-Musalla village, for an additional 4 days, and extended the detention of child Hasan Hamza Saeed, from Abu Saiba, for 7 days pending investigation.

The Bahraini Court of Appeal upheld the death sentence of Hussein Abdullah Marhoun, in the case of the death of a policeman, in a bombing that authorities said took place in Diraz in June 2017.

Bahrain's Court of Cassation issued a final verdict on the execution of Mohammad Ibrahim Al Tawq and Mohammad Radhi Abdullah in the Sitra bombing case, which the authorities said left two policemen killed in 2015.

The top court in Western-allied Bahrain upheld three-year jail terms against three relatives of a prominent political activist, a rights group said on Monday, in a case the U.N. describes as an unlawful act of reprisal over family connections.

An Australian newspaper said that the Bahraini refugee Hakeem Al-Araibi has heaped praise on his coach and teammates for orchestrating the publicity campaign that led to his release from a Thai prison this month after 11 weeks behind bars.

The Public Prosecution renewed on Wednesday (February 20, 2019) the detention of two children Hussein Radi Abdullah and Ali Hussein Abdulwahab, 14 years, for one additional week.

The British Morning Star newspaper said that British-backed jail in Bahrain is denying medical treatment to a frail political prisoner, including diagnosis for a lump on her breast, London relatives have told the Morning Star.

Prominent human rights activist Yousif Al-Muhafda said that the public prosecution ordered the arrest of two children (13 years) to 5 days pending investigation over assembly charge.

The security authorities released on Thursday (Febraury 14, 2019) detainee Sadiq Al-Shaabani after spending 5 years in jail over what is known as "Bahrain Tamarod" case.

The Bahraini security authorities arrested today (February 14, 2018) at dawn at least 3 youths from Al-Daih, activists stressed.

he Bahraini authorities arrested at the dawn of Tuesday (February 12, 2019) more than 20 Bahraini in a massive raid campaign that included over 10 areas in the country.

Rasd news network specialized in monitoring raids and arrests announced on February 8, 2019 the arrest of 13 citizens, including a cleric and father of martyr, and the raid of dozens of houses in about 9 Bahraini areas, within the first week of February.

The former Bahrain football player Hakeem Al-Araibi is still being held in a Thai prison, pending a final court decision on his extradition to Manama, although he had entered Thailand as a refugee in Australia.