Bahrain Mirror: Kuwaiti activist Khalid Al-Khater published a video criticizing services and filth in the Bahraini capital, Manama. The video and description sparked reactions and controversy on social media, and among many Gulf citizens who were shocked by what they saw.

Sheikh Adnan Al-Qattan, the imam and preacher of Friday prayers at Al-Fateh Mosque and head of the Bahrain Hajj mission, was not known for delivering extremist or sectarian speeches, but his recent sermon took another approach, describing Shiites as people of falsehood.

Prisoner of conscience Dr. Abduljalil Al-Singace stopped family visits and calls in protest against poor health care by the Jaw Prison administration.

Salam for Democracy and Human Rights said "if the Government of Bahrain is serious about comprehensive human rights reforms, it must redress and compensate victims of torture by following the specific system of procedures and stages, as stipulated in General Comment of the United Nations Committee Against Torture."

The Bahrain Center for Human Right called on the Member States of the United Nations to "pressure the Bahraini authorities to support the thousands of people in Bahrain who were victims of torture, and to support those who are still being tortured today in detention centers to extract their confessions."

The Bahrain Forum for Human Rights issued a report entitled "Torture Victims: Incidents of Announced Death" marking the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, which falls on June 26, 2023, in which it reviewed the patterns of torture and ill-treatment in Bahrain.

"The Defenders" has won the Sydney Film Festival Audience Award for best Australian documentary.

Recently, Interior Minister Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa returned from a tour he made to the United States, where he met with Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence, Stacey Dixon, and participated with her in a panel discussion on security cooperation between the two countries

Sayed Abdullah Al-Ghuraifi responded to Sheikh Adnan Al-Qattan's accusation to the Shiites in his sermon at the "Al-Fateh Mosque" as "people of falsehood", saying: Shiites "do not worship graves" but "stand at the tomb of Imam Al-Hussein, inspired by the history of the crests of faith, values, jihad, generosity and steadfastness."

Yousef bin Saleh al-Saleh, chairman of the Jaafari Endowments Council, said that the Waqf Department received 560 copies of ownership documents for endowments belonging to it, noting that 490 copies of them are old documents registered in the official records and referred to in Sayed Adnan Al-Mousawi's record.

Activist Ahmed Al-Shamlan, a member of the National Liberation Front, died on Friday, June 23, 2023, at the age of 81.

The Saudi army and the Yemeni "Ansarullah" movement have exchanged 64 fighters' bodies in the third such recent deal, the latest sign of progress in talks to end their eight-year conflict.

What is the background and purpose behind the decree issued by Crown Prince and Prime Minister Salman bin Hamad, which granted families of US personnel working at the military base in Bahrain and the Fifth Fleet the right to work?

The Israeli Foreign Ministry Political Director Aliza Bin Noun expressed concerns about Bahrain reestablishing relations with Iran during a visit to Manama this week, a diplomatic source said.

The Jaw Prison administration deprived prisoner of conscience Hussein Al-Saadi, who suffers from several serious diseases, of his right to treatment.

Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesman Majed bin Mohammed Al-Ansari announced that work is underway to open embassies with Bahrain in implementation of the statement of the "Al-Ula Summit", held on December 5, 2022 in the Saudi Al-Ula city.

The security authorities arbitrarily arrested Sayed Rida Jalal from Al-Hajar and Sajjad Jaafar from Abu Saiba, on Tuesday, June 20, 2023, Al-Wefaq Society reported.

Bahrain's state investment fund Mumtalakat is buying preference shares and warrants worth £400 million ($510.48 million) in carmaker McLaren from Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund and Ares Management, Sky News reported on Wednesday.

The former CEO of Bahrain's sovereign wealth fund has signed on with an Israeli firm that invests in companies in the Middle East and North Africa to expand the footprint of Israeli technologies in the region.

Saudi Arabia executed a detained dissident from Al-Qatif on Monday, June 19, 2023.