Information from Jaw Central Prison revealed that there is significant deterioration in political prisoners’ conditions, especially in building number 10 in which some of its detainees were tortured and put in solitary confinement.

Bahrain’s third minor court started on Monday (January 23, 2017) looking into the case of human rights defender and president of Bahrain Center for Human Rights Nabeel Rajab in which he is accused of disseminating false news and rumors about Bahrain’s internal situations.

Commenting on the death sentence issued against him, Abbas Al-Samie’ stressed: “It is mere ink on paper since it was issued by a court that lacks justice and integrity.”

In “Jaw”, a novel written by political detainee Jihad, who is still behind bars in “Jaw Central Prison”, the writer reveals that he met Martyr Abbass al-Samie after the March 10, 2015 events in “Jaw” Prison. Al-Samie confirmed to Jihad how he was beaten by members of al-Shihi family.

Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of the Bahraini capital Manama on Saturday over reports on social media that the authorities may be preparing to execute three Shi'ite men convicted of a deadly 2014 bomb attack.

Families of political prisoners in Jaw central prison confirmed that they received calls stating that all the scheduled visits on Sunday (January 15, 2017) were canceled.

Family of death row detainee Sami Mushaima said that it met their son on Saturday (January 14, 2017) in Jaw central prison, explaining that their son did not even know about the visit that was scheduled based on a call from the prison’s administration.

An eyewitness said that detainee Sayed Alawi Sayed Hussein al-Moussawi is being transferred via a wheelchair due to severe torture.

The Bahrain Center for Human Rights said it has documented a total of 45 arbitrary arrests, among them 1 child, from various areas in Bahrain, in the period between 2 to 8 January 2017.

The second High Criminal Court of Appeals acquitted 5 policemen of torturing a convict in Jaw prison.

Bahrain is hunting four suspects wanted for their alleged involvement in a deadly attack on the central prison and a jailbreak earlier this month, the interior minister said on Sunday.

Bahrain’s Interior Minister Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa said on Sunday (January 8, 2016) that a remote control airplane helped the 10 prisoners escape from Jaw prison.

Bahrain’s Interior Ministry said that it discovered some circumstances regarding the escape of 10 detainees from Jaw prison on January 1, 2017, indicating that some of the prison guards affiliated to the Interior Ministry were involved in helping prisoners escape.

Al-Khair Mosque Preacher, Sheikh Salah Al-Jowdar, criticized those who doubted the security apparatuses and questioned their efforts, in reference to the Ministry of Interior procedures adopted after the “Jaw” prison break.

Al Khalid Mosque preacher, Sheikh Abdullah Bin Salem Al Manaei believed that giving information about the “Jaw” prison fugitives to the Interior Ministry is a “national duty”.

The deceased Yemeni officer, Abdulsalam Al Yafei, who the Ministry of Interior claimed to have been killed in an armed raid on “Jaw” Prison last week, was buried after a funeral, in Al Haniniya cemetery in Riffa.

Activists published on Wednesday (January 4, 2017) a photo of Redha Al Ghasra, saying it was new. Al Ghasra was one of the 10 prisoners who were able to escape Jaw Prison on January 1.

Interior Minister Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa ordered on Wednesday referring 3 officials to the Public Prosecution, among them Director of Jaw Prison, after the incident that led to the escape of 10 prisoners.

The Supreme Court of Appeal upheld the 3-year imprisonment sentence against a police officer, and a prisoner, and a 200 Dinar fine to be paid by the officer, after he was accused of accepting a bribe from an inmate in Jaw Prison.

The Bahraini parliament said that it decided to hold an extended meeting next Sunday with the Ministry of Interior to study the “latest security arena and follow the events, developments and measures taken at all levels.”