UN human rights experts have called for the retrial of four men sentenced to death by a Bahraini military court in a collective trial that breached fair trial and due process guarantees and confessions obtained under torture.

Amnesty International issued a report on Wednesday (May 2, 2018) that includes new details about last moments of trial of suspects accused of planning to assassinate Bahrain Defence Force Commander-in-Chief Khalifa bin Ahmad. The military court upheld death sentences against 4 individuals, including 3 civilians, before the king commuted the sentences to life imprisonment.

King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa issued Law 15/2018 on the amendment of some law provisions on societies, social and cultural clubs and private bodies working in the youth, sports and private associations field, issued by Law 21/1989

The security authorities released today Sheikh Isa Al-Moemen after serving his 3-month jail term.

Prime Minister Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa hailed yesterday (Wednesday, May 2, 2018) Saudi Arabia and its king during his meeting with Editors-in-Chief of Saudi newspapers.

The High Appeals Criminal Court commuted the 10-year jail verdict issued against a suspect along with 5 others to 5 years in jail.

The Special Investigation Unit (SIU) agreed to reconsider the death verdict issued against two death row convicts Mohammad Ramadan and Hussein Mousa.

The quarterly report of monitoring the performance of the eGovernment channels revealed the growth of ePayment value across various channels by 12% during the first quarter of 2018 versus last quarter of 2017. Values reach more than BD23 million completed from January to March 2018 with an increase of 10% in number of financial transactions.

Bahrain needs to accelerate reforms to its state budget to reach a deficit level that would make its finances sustainable over the medium term, an International Monetary Fund official said.

Al-Bilad daily said that Bahrain's oil production reached an average of 197276 barrel per day through 2017, indicating a decrease of 2.4% on terms of production average versus 2016 that recorded 202063 barrels per day.

The First High Criminal Court upheld a life sentence issued against one of two appellants sentenced to life in jail after accusing them of detonating a locally-made bomb in Damistan near a charity association and attempting to murder two policemen, while trying to erase some slogans and remove abusive photos from the association’s wall.

US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) said that religious freedom conditions did not improve for the majority Shi’a Muslim community amid an ongoing stifling of dissent and a deterioration of human rights conditions generally.

UN human rights experts called for retrial of each of Mohammad Abdulhassan Al-Mutaghawi, Fadhel Sayed Radhi, Sayed Alawi Hussein and Mubarak Adel Mubarak Mhanna who were sentenced to death before their verdicts were commuted to life in jail, on charges of joining terrorist cell and attempting to assassinate the Bahrain Defense Force commander-in-Chief.

A Bahraini court convicted a businessman who heads a family he owns with numbers of his family over charges related to dishonesty and seizing more than 765000 BD from the company’s properties.

US Ambassador Justin Hicks Siberell disclosed on Monday (April 30, 2018) that there are 17000 Americans in Bahrain.

Bahrain’s Ministry of Interior said that a US delegation visited on Monday (April 30, 2018) Muharraq security complex that witnessed last year the summoning and torturing of dozens, including human rights activist Ibtisam Al-Saegh and that is known as the new headquarters for the National Security Agency.

News Agencies websites said that the Airport Security Force (ASF) deported and arrested a Bahrain bound passenger after recovery of a pistol and bullets at Sialkot Airport.

Iran’s supreme leader on Monday hit out at the United States a day after new Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited Riyadh, accusing Washington of trying to stoke a “regional crisis” by provoking its ally Saudi Arabia to confront Tehran.

A Saudi Arabian court began the trial of two Jordanians accused of spying against the kingdom for Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency, Saudi-owned al-Arabiya said on Monday.

The U.S.-led coalition signaled on Monday the end of major combat operations against Islamic State in Iraq by announcing the “deactivation” of its land forces command headquarters.