The United States and Bahrain on Wednesday signed a strategic security and economic agreement which U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said would expand defense and intelligence collaboration between the two countries.

The authorities refused to temporarily release prisoner of conscience and leader of the "Haq" Movement, Dr. Abduljalil Al-Singace, to participate in the funeral of his nephew, Ahmed Al-Singace.

Detained opposition leaders in Jaw Central Prison called on the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights delegation to meet them, stressing that the "delegation's efforts should not be limited to improving prison conditions."

Bahrain has suddenly postponed a visit by a delegation from the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, which was scheduled for the next few days.

Prominent rights activist Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja resumed his hunger strike on Wednesday, September 13, 2023, after Jaw prison authorities did not allow him to get to a scheduled medical appointment, Reuters reported.

أكد رئيس منتدى البحرين لحقوق الإنسان باقر درويش أنّ تأجيل زيارة وفد المفوضية السامية لحقوق الإنسان اليوم الأربعاء 13 سبتمبر أيلول 2023 يعطي إجابة واضحة حول عدم جدية ما سُمّي الخطة الوطنية لحقوق الإنسان

رحّبت جمعية الوفاق بزيارة المفوضية السامية لحقوق الإنسان التابعة للأمم المتحدة إلى البحرين مؤكدة أنّ الزيارة تأتي في ظل أوضاع إنسانية وحقوقية وسياسية صعبة بعد انعدام الثقة وغياب العقد الاجتماعي بين الحاكم والمحكومين

أجّلت البحرين فجأة زيارة وفد المفوضية السامية لحقوق الإنسان التابعة للأمم المتحدة والتي كانت مقرَّرة في الأيام القليلة المقبلة

ذكرت وكالة رويترز أنّ معتقل الرأي عبدالهادي الخواجة استأنف إضرابه عن الطعام يوم الأربعاء 13 سبتمبر أيلول 2023 بعد أنْ رفضت إدارة سجن جَوْ المركزي نقله إلى المستشفى لإجراء معاينة طبية محدَّدة مسبقاً

On Tuesday morning, September 12, 2023, it was confirmed that some political prisoners suspended their hunger strike, after the prison administration showed flexibility towards their demands, according to human rights sources.

رفضت السلطات الإفراج المؤقّت عن معتقل الرأي القيادي في حركة حق الدكتور عبدالجليل السنكيس للمشاركة في تشييع وعزاء ابن أخيه أحمد السنكيس

دعت قيادات المعارضة المعتقلة في سجن جَوْ المركزي وفد المفوضية السامية لحقوق الإنسان إلى لقائها مؤكدة أنّه يجب أنْ لا تقتصر جهود الوفد على تحسين ظروف السجن

Bahrain and the United States are expected to sign a strategic economic and security agreement this week that will upgrade the U.S. security commitment to the Gulf kingdom, according to US media reports.

The coordinating committee of the "We Have a Right" strike in Jaw Prison officially announced the suspension of the open-ended hunger strike until further notice, pending the implementation of the plan and the path agreed upon with the prison administration.

Agnès Callamard posted a tweet via "X" platform announcing that "on behalf of Amnesty International 10 million supporters, around the world, I will be joining Maryam Al-Khawaja in traveling to Bahrain this week to call for the release of her father, Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja"

Prisoners in Bahrain have suspended a mass hunger strike after 36 days following a pledge from the Gulf monarchy's authorities to improve conditions, activists said on Tuesday.

Hundreds of prisoners suspended their monthlong hunger strike in Bahrain, an advocacy group said Tuesday, just ahead of a visit of the island nation's crown prince to the United States.

Crown Prince and Prime Minister Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa will travel to the United States next week for an official visit, leaving behind a host of deepening crises, mainly an open-ended hunger strike that more than 800 prisoners of conscience have launched over a month ago.

Employees dismissed from Gulf Air were not reinstated in their previous jobs in the company with the same salary and privileges, but were offered to work in companies affiliated with the Gulf Air Group with new contracts in addition to retirement offers.

The U.S. and Bahrain are expected to sign a strategic security and economic agreement this week that will upgrade the U.S. security commitment to the Gulf kingdom, the Axios website quoted sources as saying.