Prominent human rights activist and detainee Ibtisam Al-Saegh said that the stripping of clothes and sexual abuse she was subjected to by the members of security authorities affiliated to the Ministry of Interior were heinous, adding that this should be brought to halt and not to be repeated with any other woman.

Human rights activist Sayed Ahmed Al-Wadaie said detainee Hajar Mansour received threats after she filed a complaint at the Grievances Secretariat.

Social media activists said that prominent human rights activist Ibtisam Al-Saegh launched on Tuesday (August 15, 2017) hunger strike against her maltreatment and inadequate detention conditions.

National Security Apparatus (NSA) summoned about 40 human rights defenders and political activists for interrogation.

Bahrain's Fifth High Criminal Court presided over by judge Ibrahim Al-Zayed with the membership of judge Wajih Al-Shaer and Yousif Bu Hardan as a secretariat adjourned the case of prominent human rights defender Nabeel Rajab to September 11 for pleading.

Citizens took part on Monday (August 7, 2017) in the funeral procession of noble Ahmad bin Salloum (57 years).

Activists on social media reported that human rights activist Radhi Al-Qatari was transferred to Dry Dock prison (Pre-trial Detention Center), about 2 months after being interrogated, tortured and ill-treated.

Activists on social media said Bahraini authorities transferred human rights activist Mohammed Khalil to Dry Dock prison (Pre-trial Detention Center), one month after his interrogation.

Salam for Democracy and Human Rights said that activist Ibtisam Al-Saegh ended her hunger strike after she met her family for the first time on Tuesday.

The Bahraini authorities prevented on Sunday (July 30, 2017) member of Bahrain Center for Human Rights and activist Hussein Radhi from leaving the country.

A Bahraini rights group says a female activist has been charged under an anti-terrorism law amid a crackdown on dissent in the U.S.-allied Gulf island nation.

Few hours after UN independent experts issued a statement in which they expressed deep concern at reports that Ibtisam Al-Saegh has been tortured, the public prosecution claimed that she is engaged in forming a terrorist group.

A group of international NGOs sent an open letter to the European Union (EU) member states and its institutions, urging them to stop the export of surveillance equipment to authoritarian countries.

Human Rights Watch launched a feature entitled “140 Characters” that presents the profiles of 140 prominent Bahraini, Kuwaiti, Omani, Qatari, Saudi, and Emirati social and political rights activists and dissidents, and their struggles to resist government efforts to silence them.

Amnesty International confirmed that detained Bahraini activist Ibtisam Al-Saegh is detained “for her human rights work”. This came in response to a statement issued by the Bahraini Embassy in the UK, claiming that “the charges against her have no bearing on her views nor her political opinions.”

The Bahraini Embassy in the UK issued a statement on its official “Twitter” account regarding “Allegations in the Case of Ibtisam Al-Saegh”.

In response to a question about detained Bahraini activist Ibtisam Al-Saegh, US Department of State Spokesperson Heather Nauert said in a press conference that the “US continues to follow that case.”

The U.N. human rights office called on Bahrain on Friday to "unconditionally and immediately" release rights campaigner Nabeel Rajab, who was sentenced to two years in jail this week.

The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs urged Bahrain to immediately release Nabeel Rajab.

The sentencing of human rights defender Nabeel Rajab, in his absence, to two years in prison for TV interviews is the latest shocking display of zero tolerance for freedom of expression by the Bahraini authorities, Amnesty International said Monday (July 10, 2017).