The Ministry of Justice and Islamic Affairs called on political societies to abide by the Political Societies Law, which prohibits them from meeting with diplomatic missions without coordination with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Author Abbas Bou Safwan said that Prime Minister, Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, is still ignoring demand to meet with a number of licensed political societies.

Seven Bahraini political societies issued a statement on Friday (April 23, 2021), in which they voiced their condemnation of the decision reducing the powers of the Parliament, especially the stances of members of parliament who voted in favor or those who abstained from voting, thus allowing the law to be passed.

In a notice circulated and addressed to civil society organizations, Bahrain's Ministry of Development said it would subject civil society organization candidates to a "security check up".

Nine licensed political societies in Bahrain issued a unified statement announcing their rejection of the Deal of the Century, the U.S. plan announced by U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday, January 28, 2020 to resolve the Palestinian issue.

King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa ratified on Tuesday (July 31, 2018) a law denying dissidents right to membership in societies and clubs.

Bahrain’s king on Monday banned members of dissolved opposition parties from running for election, months ahead of parliamentary polls, the official BNA news agency said.

Bahrain’s parliament approved a bill on Sunday barring members of dissolved opposition groups from running in elections, the latest step in a crackdown against dissent ahead of parliamentary polls this year.

Minister of Justice Khalid bin Ali Al Khalifa said that about 3250 members of the dissolved political opposition societies are banned from running to the Parliamentary elections, pursuant to a bill approved by the council on Tuesday.

Bahraini House of Representatives in its meeting on Tuesday approved a bill to prevent the members of political societies that have been dissolved to run in the parliamentary elections.

The Government of Bahrain said in its response on a bill preventing members and heads of dissolved political societies from running in the election that the members and heads of these societies are on a par with those joining banned and secret organizations

Bahraini House of Representatives approved bill to ban members of dissolved societies as well as resigned MPs and members of municipal councils from exercising their political rights.

A number of human rights groups on Thursday (26 October 2017) condemned the Second High Court of Appeals for the dissolution of the National Democratic Action Society (Wa’ad).

The National Islamic Al-Wefaq Society considered that the Court of Appeal’s decision to uphold the dissolution of the National Democratic Action Society (Wa’ad) "reflects the political bankruptcy the regime is experiencing."

The National Democratic Action Society (Wa'ad) said that the Justice Ministry’s lawsuit against it is “sent accusations in an attempt to target Wa’ad” and incriminate it in fabricated cases.

The National Democratic Action Society (Wa’ad) expressed its deep regret and surprise at the security measures taken by the Ministry of the Interior towards it, describing it as a "a strange move that steers far away from the general political course."

Societies of the national democratic movement called on the Bahraini political forces to agree on a national agenda to break the deadlock and distance the country from political congestion and escalation of sectarianism as well as hatred speeches.

Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa issued a Law on Saturday (June 11, 2016), amending some of the provisions of Law 26/2005 regulating political societies.

The Bahraini Parliament passed an amendment to the Political Societies Law, preventing religious preachers from joining political societies.

Reuters: A bomb killed two policemen and wounded six in the deadliest such attack in Bahrain in months, and state media said the explosives resembled some seized at the weekend that authorities say were smuggled in from Iran.