Amnesty International urged people to contact the King of Bahrain Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, calling on the Bahraini authorities to immediately and unconditionally release Dr. Taha al-Dirazi.

Activists on social media outlets said that the security authorities arrested on Wednesday (May 24, 2017) neurosurgeon Dr. Taha Al-Dirazi from the court after his 3-month jail term was upheld over the charge of taking part in Diraz protest.

To be part of the equation is a tough decision,” this is how the consultant orthopedic surgeon Dr. Ali Al-Ekri, speaks of the stance he took, costing him a hefty price.

A prominent Bahraini doctor jailed for five years in connection with the 2011 Arab Spring uprising for democracy was released from prison on Friday, a lawyer and witness said.

On Friday (March 10, 2017), the Bahraini “Hippocrates” Dr. Ali Al-Ekri completes his five-year prison sentence. His family eagerly awaits his release.

Al-Wasat newspaper said Justice Ministry didn't issue any decree preventing Neurosurgeon consultant Taha Al-Dirazi from leaving country.

The Bahraini authorities banned doctor Taha Al-Dirazi from leaving country without revealing the reasons for his departure.

In an open letter, 153 medical professionals, including two medical organisations, with Amnesty International called for Dr 'Ali al-'Ekri's immediate release on the fifth anniversary of his arrest for treating injured protesters and criticisng the excessive force used by the armed forces against them.

Amnesty International called for keeping in mind the courageous Bahraini doctor who spoke out against the abuses committed in Bahrain, Dr. Ali Al-Ekri, urging his fellow medical professionals to sign an open letter calling for his immediate release.

The News Time website stated that Witness Bahrain will be presented at the Ridgefield Playhouse on Saturday, Feb. 6, 2016. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with filmmaker Jen Marlowe, a New York and Seattle-based human rights activist and author.

Bahrain Mirror: Lawyer Hamid Al-Mulla stated that the Director of the Penitentiary Establishments refused a request to conditionally release Dr. Ali Issa Al-Ekri, pointing out that since December 10, 2015 he has addressed the Director of the Penitentiary Establishments requesting the release, in accordance with Article (349) of the Code of Criminal Procedures . "We had no response regarding this issue, what prompted us to address the penitentiary execution judge", he added.

Bahrain Mirror: The complaints, monitoring and follow-up committee of the National Institution for Human Rights (NIHR) said it discussed in its fifth meeting the complaint filed by some members of the medical cadre who were dismissed following the 2011 events in Bahrain.

Bahrain Mirror: Bahraini doctors who have been unemployed for two years said that “the Ministry of Health closed the door of opportunity in the face of about 50 doctors to be hired in the ministry.”