Gulf Institute for Democracy and Human Rights (GIDHR) issued its 13th human rights newsletter that monitors human rights violations in Bahrain and Gulf states.

The Bahraini security authorities prevented on Wednesday (October 18, 2017) Sayed Sharaf Al-Mosawi, the chairman of the Bahrain Transparency Society, from traveling to Germany to take part in Transparency International Conference held in Berlin.

Security authorities affiliated to Interior Ministry prevented the National Democratic Action Society (Wa'ad) from organizing a seminar in support of Palestinian cause, criticizing the normalization of relations with Israel.

Batelco Group has announced the appointment of Mohamed Bubshait as Batelco new Chief Executive Officer.

Bahrain’s interior minister accused Iran of harbouring 160 Bahrainis convicted of terrorism and stripped of their citizenship, in an interview published Wednesday.

Qatar’s foreign minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani said that Qatari forces participating in US-led activities against Islamic State or working with Bahrain-based US Fifth Fleet were expelled after the recent Gulf dispute.

The fourth high criminal court in Bahrain sentenced two defendants to life imprisonment for the murder of a young man (Sayed Ahmad Mousa) in Diraz and dumping his body in an empty area, and handed down to two others 5 and 3-year prison terms.

The High Court of Appeals upheld a one-year prison sentence handed down to a couple for harboring at their home their wanted nephew, who is sentenced to 10 years in prison for burning the Al-Khamees police station.

The Bahraini Ministry of Health has canceled the position of Assistant Undersecretary for Financial and Technical Resources, which is occupied by the naturalized citizen Maher Al-Anees.

Bahraini Attorney General Ali Fadl Al-Buainain said that only one case has been referred to the military judiciary since a constitutional amendment was passed, allowing the prosecution of civilians in military courts.

The Inspection Department at the Secretariat of the capital Manama announced that owners of Ashura-related food stands are violating the law, and placed notices ordering the removal of these food stands or else the Secretariat will remove them itself.

According to official statistics, more than 400,000 private sector workers receive monthly salaries under 200 Bahraini dinars, while 33,000 earn salaries ranging from 1,000 to 1,500 BD and more.

The security authorities in Dry Dock Prison returned on Wednesday (October 18, 2017) detained Shiite cleric Sheikh Isa Al-Qaffas to his prison cell two weeks after no news were reported about him and being held in solitary confinement.

Iraqi forces Wednesday appeared poised to take full control of the oil fields in the disputed northern province of Kirkuk, dashing Kurdish hopes of creating a viable independent state.

Kuwait has dropped a controversial counterterrorism law mandating DNA testing for all citizens, residents and visitors which had been passed following a 2015 suicide attack, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday.

The Bahraini authorities renewed on Tuesday (October 17, 2017) detention of detained child Mahmoud Zouheri for 10 days pending investigation.

Two Air Force pilots with a United Arab Emirates contingent fighting in Yemen have been killed in a plane crash, state media reported Tuesday.

Bahrain on Tuesday announced it had signed a $3.8 billion deal with Lockheed Martin for 16 upgraded F-16 fighter jets.

The Bahrain Defence Force signed a $3.8 billion deal with Lockheed Martin to buy 16 upgraded F-16 aircraft on Tuesday, the official Bahrain state news agency said.

Security authorities affiliated to Ministry of Interior raided yesterday (Tuesday, October 17, 2017) in the afternoon the figures building in Jaw Central Prison and confiscated some books and belongings.