The head of the Religious Freedoms Department at the Bahrain Human Rights Observatory, Sheikh Maytham Al-Salman, said that the Bahraini authorities released the prominent Shiite cleric and president of the (dissolved) Islamic Scholars Council, Sayed Majeed Al-Mesh'al, after interrogation.

Michel Forst, the UN special rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, demanded the release of the human rights defender, Zainab Al Khawaja and her one-year-old baby.

The UN high commissioner said that the Bahraini government "continues to silence political opponents, journalists and human rights defenders by arrests, revocation of citizenship and deportation."

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra'ad, stated that little has been done on the levels of accountability and ending impunity with regards to those involved in the human rights violations in Bahrain.

The Special Procedures of the United Nations Human Rights Council released the 13th iteration of their joint communications report, singling out Bahrain as among the worst offenders of human rights in the world.

As the organization that governs global soccer gathers this week to choose a new president, a leading contender risks stirring up another source of controversy for the sport: human rights, reports the New York Times.

The President of the Bahrain Center for Human rights and prominent human rights defender, Nabeel Rajab, said that Bahrain is expected to be listed as a "Priority country" in Britain's upcoming report "due to increasing human rights activism"

Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): Activists on social media outlet, Twitter, voiced their solidarity with political detainees in bahrain, over the deteriorating prison conditions and their ongoing exposure to torture and lack of medical treatment.

Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): The Canadian Montreal University hosted on (February 15, 2016) an art exhibition on the fifth anniversary of the February 14 uprising that included photos documenting the human rights violations in Bahrain.

Amnesty International said that five years after a wave of protests demanding widespread reform rocked Bahrain, hopes for progress on human rights and accountability for past and present abuses have faded.

16 human rights organizations sent a letter to the member states in the United Nations Human Rights Council regarding the developments in the human rights status in Bahrain ahead of the next session to be held in Geneva.

The British Mirror website published a news report stating that the British military Sandhurst Academy “is training hundreds of officers from regimes with appalling human rights records,” including Bahrain.

Summary: Bahrain’s main opposition group, Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society said that the achievement of its senior member, Majeed Milad, in attaining a Master’s degree with distinction emphasizes that he is a model the nation is proud of, and that his normal place is not in prison.

The Bahrain Forum for Human Rights (BFHR) president Yusuf Rabie stated that the Bahraini authorities employ laws to be a suppressing tool against the regime’s opponents. The law now has the same power of repression as the birdshot firearm “the shotgun”.

Bahrain Mirror: Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa claimed that his country is concerned with protecting human rights, describing its human rights record as “honorable”.

Bahrain Mirror: Nine human rights organizations expressed great concern over upholding death sentences against two young men “who stated that they were exposed to brutal torture to extract a confession of having committed the murder of a policeman in the Al-Dair village near the Bahrain International Airport area.”

Bahrain Mirror: National Human Rights Institution (NHRI), a Bahraini state organization, said that Human Rights Watch (HRW) report ignored the role and the effort exerted by the institution and the positive results that were achieved and that are linked to the improvement of the human rights situation.

Bahrain Mirror: The United States Department of State said that the US is not bashful and not afraid to express its concerns about human rights issues in Bahrain, which is considered one of Washington's key allies.

Bahrain Mirror: The International Human Rights Ambassador to the Middle East Haitham Abu Saeed said that “Bahrain’s government issues death sentences with no legal justifications,” pointing out that “since the eruption of the popular movement calling for reforms aon February 14, 2011, 7 people have been sentenced to death.”

Bahrain Mirror: Bahrain’s Prisoners and Detainees Rights Commission (PDRC) hosted on 9th and 10th of November a specialized training workshop during which experts from the Queen's Inspectorate of Prisons in the United Kingdom delivered lectures.