The Australian Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed its interest in the human rights situation in Bahrain and its wish that Bahrain maintain its commitment to achieving concrete political reform based on respect for the legitimate rights and aspirations of all its citizens.

The New York Times published a letter by detained Bahraini activist Nabeel Rajab in which he asked questions addressed to US Secretary of State John Kerry.

Sheikh Maytham Al-Salman says “any speech that encourages not committing to Bahrain’s international human rights obligations doesn’t bring any good to our country.”

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark expressed its serious concern by the information it received about the health condition of the prominent human rights defender Nabeel Rajab who is placed in solitary confinement.

Kuwaiti Public Prosecution placed name of prominent human rights defender and Kuwaiti MP Abdulhameed Dashti on wanted list through Interpol.

Human Rights Watch says Bahraini authorities are systematically targeting Shiite clerics and violating their rights to freedom of assembly following a decision to strip the country's top Shiite cleric of his nationality.

International Centre for Supporting Rights and Freedoms said fear...

Bahrain Defence Force Commander-in-Chief Field Marshal Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa received Talal bin Mohammed Al Khalifa marking his appointment as National Security Agency President.

Liberal Democrat MP said a British Foreign Office minister’s answers to questions of torture in Bahrain have been “appalling”.

OHCHR Regional Office for Middle East and North Africa denied its participation in so-called “Arab Forum on Iranian threats” hosted by Bahrain.

Hillary Clinton, democratic candidate for US presidential elections, chose Tim Kaine, a moderate senator from Virginia, to be her running mate.

The Guardian Newspaper said that "a Foreign Office-backed initiative to monitor human rights abuses in Bahrain has been accused of failing to investigate allegations that opponents of the country's government are being tortured into making confessions."

FCO says there’s still significant work to be done by Bahrain in its programme of socio-economic reform.

UN rights office expressed deep regret over Bahraini court decision to dissolve Al-Wefaq and urged authorities to review it.

Gulf Center for Human Rights said “retaliations against human rights defenders continue unabated in Bahrain”.

Nabeel Rajab said Interior Ministry officials confirmed the charges raised against him were dropped by a royal pardon.

Bahrain's National Institution for Human Rights expressed concern over increase of travel bans enforced on citizens.

Bahrain is turning into a police state as vicious and arbitrary as Egypt, reported The Independent.

British MPs slammed a Conservative MP, Jack Lopresti, for sponsoring and hosting a parliamentary event for the Bahraini government in the House of Commons aiming at whitewashing its human rights record that was met with wide criticism. Lopresti is also accused of receiving thousands of pounds' worth of funding for foreign trips from the repressive Gulf kingdom's rulers.

The High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini, said that the situation in Bahrain is not just a human rights issue but also a geopolitical issue.