Open Democracy website published an article indicating that Bahrain adopts “Sports Diplomacy” to distract international stakeholders from human rights violations.

64 researchers and academics sent letter to UN Secretary General expressing concern regarding recent repressive measures against Sheikh Isa Qassim.

Bahraini Foreign Minister denied existence of any measures practiced against Shiites or any discrimination against them.

UN Secretary General Ban-Ki Moon discussed with the Bahraini Minister of Foreign Affairs Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa the importance of achieving progress on the human rights level in Bahrain.

Bahraini FM said Bahrain “won’t waste its time on Human Rights Council,” in response to UN High Commissioner’s statements criticizing human rights violations in Bahrain.

More member states at the UN Human Rights Council condemned the measures adopted by the Bahraini authorities against the Bahraini opposition and civil society institutions.

Prince Charles and his wife Camilla will visit Bahrain in November despite growing concerns about a crackdown on human rights in the small Gulf kingdom.

Head of Bahrain's parliamentary delegation to Geneva strongly criticized statements of UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Bahrain violations.

The European Union called on the Bahraini authorities to extend an invitation to the UN Special Rapporteur on torture, expressing its concern about deterioration of situations in Bahrain.

Hillary Clinton supported the Bahraini regime while it cracked down on protesters. But that folly had nothing to do with the Clinton Foundation.

The United States Ambassador to the Human Rights Council in Geneva, Keith Harper, met the Bahraini Minister's Assistant for foreign Affairs Abdulla bin Faisal bin Jabur Al-Doseri, on the sideline of the 33rd session of the UNHRC.

Journalist Ahmed Radhi said that the authorities prevented him on Saturday (September 17, 2016) from leaving Bahrain for the second time, without giving any legal reason behind this ban.

The Embassy of Bahrain in the United Kingdom said it was able to dissolve a “UK parliamentary group concerned with democracy in Bahrain”, describing the move as a “great success”.

The Guardian Newspaper stated that “Human rights groups have written to 50 states urging them to call on the Bahraini authorities to release Nabeel Rajab, who is facing up to 15 years’ in jail for comments he made on Twitter.”

The Belfast Telegraph website stated that “the Irish Judge Grainne O'Neill refused the request to order the Bahraini Attorney General, Ali Al-Buainain, to appear on complaints of torture, conspiracy to torture and aiding and abetting torture.”

GCC States expressed great disappointment at criticism addressed at Bahrain by UN Human Rights Commissioner, Zeid bin Ra'ad Al-Hussein.

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid bin Ra'ad Al-Hussein said that Bahrain should pay more heed to human rights.

The Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission of the US Congress (TLHRC) held a hearing on Friday (September 9, 2016) to examine the US government’s response to the human rights crisis in Bahrain

Head of the Monitoring and documentation department at EBOHR, activist Fatima Al-Halwachi, said that her father Khalil Halwachi, who has been in the pre-detention prison since over 2 years, suffered from a new stroke in prison which made him lose the ability to move his body.

The local Bahraini Akhbar Al-Khaleej newspaper said that a parliamentary delegation will head today (Monday, September 5, 2016) to Geneva to meet the high Commissioner for Human Rights Prince Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, on the sideline of the 33rd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), to be held on 13-30 September.