A Major-General in Bahrain’s Ministry of Interior Mariam Al-Bardooli stated that there are currently 135 prisoners in the Corrections and Rehabilitation Center (women’s prison).

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 European-Bahraini Organization for Human Rights (EBOHR) said that detainees held in cell-block 10 in the pre-trial detention unit in Dry Dock prison were subjected to humiliating searching procedures before matters developed into verbal quarrels between the detainees and prison officers who started beating each other.

The committee of Bilad Al-Qadeem detainees said that the number of detainees from the village have reached 82, according to the latest local statistics carried out in January.

British Minister for the Middle East and North Africa, Tobias Ellwood, called on all those with concerns about mistreatment in Bahraini prisons to directly report to the Ombudsman office in the Bahraini capital Manama.

Bahrain Mirror: Bahrain's Cabinet agreed on Monday (January 11, 2016) to stop granting bonuses, financial aid and awards to convicts sentenced by a final court verdict over political cases.

Bahrain Mirror: Bahrain’s Ministry of Interior denied on its official Twitter account the food poisoning of detainees held in Jaw Central Prison.

Bahrain Mirror: The Deputy Chairman of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights stated on Thursday (January 7, 2016) that dozens of detainees held in Bahrain’s Central Jaw Prison were food poisoned due to the poor quality of meals provided by the Ministry of Interior.

Bahrain Mirror: The Bahraini Public Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said that the medical record of detainee Ali Hassan who entered the correction and rehabilitation center on August 7, 2014 doesn’t indicate he suffers from any chronic diseases but low vision of nearby objects without any other symptoms.

Bahrain Mirror: The Bahrain Human Rights Observatory (BHRO) called for voicing solidarity with the people suffering from poverty, noting that the situations of many families has resulted from the imprisonment of their breadwinners since 2011 and up to this day.

Bahrain Mirror: Detained Bahraini opposition figures issued a statement from prison warning of the deterioration of the health conditions of Abdulwahab Hussein, Hassan Mushaima', Mohammad Jawad Parweez and Dr. Abduljalil Al-Singace.

Bahrain Mirror: The Bahrain News Agency (BNA) stated that King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa issued a special decree of pardon and release of 219 detainees.

Bahrain Mirror: A Bahraini court sentenced on Sunday (December 13, 2015) detainee Ahmad Al-Arab to three years in prison over charges of joining a protest, before judge Ali Al-Dhahrani punished him with an additional year in prison for clapping.

Bahrain Mirror: The International Center for Supporting Rights and Freedoms (ICSRF) called on the Coalition for the International Criminal Court to urge the Bahraini authorities to allow detainee Ali Abduljalil to attend his mother’s funeral.

Bahrain Mirror: Amnesty International called for urgent action regarding the case of detainee Ali Isa Al-Tajer, who was referred to the Public Prosecution on November 30, 2015, which brought terrorism-related charges against him.

Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): Very excessive acts of torture were practiced in one of the latest cases of detainees in Bahrain. That's what the detainees' parents said according to their sons' accounts, revealing the truth about the information Britain presented to the UN on Bahrain's so-called "success in reforming its security bodies."

Bahrain Mirror: Bahrain’s First High Criminal Court acquitted on Monday (December 7, 2015) five policemen of charges of torturing detainees to extract false confessions.

Bahrain Mirror: The preacher of Imam Al-Sadiq Mosque in Bahrain’s Diraz, Sheikh Mohammad Sanqour, demanded in his Friday sermon “the release of female prisoners” stressing that “this does not undermine the country’s security and stability.”

Bahrain Mirror: In response to statement calling for the release of imprisoned clerics, five of the prominent religious leaders detained in Jaw Central Prison issued a statement in which they said: “What concerns us is the release of all the prisoners, beginning with our sons and daughters of this nation.”

Bahrain Mirror: The Gulf Centre for Human Rights called on the Bahraini authorities to carry out impartial investigations into the torture of Ali Isa Al-Tajer, brother of prominent lawyer Mohammad Al-Tajer.