UK Government Spokesperson in the Middle East and North Africa announced that British PM will attend 37th Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit, to be hosted by Bahrain.

Civil society organizations and institutions in Belgium and Sweden urged the British Prime Minister Theresa May to raise issue of sectarian discrimination against Shia majority in Bahrain in her upcoming visit to Manama.

Prince Charles’ visit to Bahrain came to confirm that “Britain stands by the oppressive regime in Bahrain, disregarding all reports declaring a rise in human rights violations.”

A statement issued by the British Embassy said that the British Prime Minister Theresa May will visit Bahrain next week to attend the Gulf Cooperation Council summit.

The Middle East Monitor website said that “Amnesty International has slammed the UK government for its whitewashing of human rights abuses in Bahrain.”

Iraqi Foreign Ministry Spokesperson, Ahmad Jamal, said that his country launched measures towards initiating a lawsuit in British courts against the Saudi London-based “Asharq Al-Awsat Newspaper”.

UK Member of Parliament Margaret Farrier said that she, in addition to other MPs, are working on establishing a human rights parliamentary group concerned with human rights affairs in the Gulf.

The Executive Director of The International Institute for Strategic Studies – Middle East), Sir John Jenkins, revealed an official invitation sent out by the institute organizing the “Manama Dialogue Summit”, to Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Jawad Zarif, inviting him to take part in the summit scheduled to be held next month.

Bahrain’s al-Ayyam Newspaper reported that Britain will take part in the “Manama Dialogue Summit” by a high diplomatic and military delegation, led by UK Foreign Minister Boris Johnson. The newspaper confirmed that French Defense Minister, Jean-Yves Le Drian, is also to take part in the summit.

UK-based newspaper The Guardian highlighted the criticism addressed by Amnesty International to UK ministers, who according to the organization, “act as ‘overexcited cheerleaders’ for ‘woefully inadequate’ reforms”.

Human Rights Watch strongly criticized the British government for not publicly calling for charges raised against prominent opposition figure Ebrahim Sharif to be dropped.

Prominent Bahraini opposition figure Ebrahim Sharif said security authorities summoned him again on Thursday for questioning over meeting with British Embassy official.

The British Foreign Office raised concerns with Bahraini government over arrest of prominent Bahraini dissenter, Ebrahim Sharif.

Bahrain Watch launched a website entitled 200 More Stories, in response to a The #200stories Competition launched by the British Council to celebrate “200 years of relations between the UK and Bahrain”

The British iNews website said that “Prince Charles has come under renewed criticism over human rights abuses in Bahrain after he opened part of a new naval base gifted to Britain by the Gulf state. “

A secular political leader in Bahrain was charged Sunday with "inciting hatred" against the island's rulers after giving an interview to The Associated Press during a recent visit by Britain's Prince Charles, an activist and his party said.

Members of Parliament demanded the government to appoint new military, security, and legal attaches in Bahraini 4 embassies abroad in light of the "vicious attacks Bahrain faces from international organizations".

Britain's Prince Charles and his wife Camilla began wrapping up their trip to Bahrain on Friday, as a leader of the island's secular opposition warned their visit could "whitewash" an ongoing crackdown on dissent.

Britain's Prince Charles opened on Thursday (November 10, 2016) his country's military base in Bahrain amid criticism for the support Bahrain receives from the British Government.

In the small town of Diraz, just a few miles from where Prince Charles met with Bahrain's royals, there is graffiti demanding the death of the Gulf island's monarch, armored vehicles with chicken wire on their windows and a tense calm that could be shattered at any time.