King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa issued Royal Order 20/2020, adjourning the second session of the fifth Legislative Term of the Shura and Representatives councils, as from Tuesday, May 19.

King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa ratified law 11/2020 on volunteering to serve public security.

Bahrain witnessed a vast a campaign against the heads of obsequies on the first night of the martyrdom of Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib.

Over 40,000 undocumented Bangladeshi migrants have been in the process of being legalized in Bahrain under its ongoing general amnesty that began since early this month amid COVID-19 crisis, the Bangladeshi New Age website reported.

The Health Ministry announced the death of 80-year-old Bahraini male, a registered active case of Coronavirus (COVID-19) suffering from underlying and chronic health problems.

Minister of Health, Faeqa Al-Saleh, announced that the ministry has expanded the capacity of its isolation and quarantine treatment centers across the Kingdom.

Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society considered preventing the broadcast of a symposium against the Zionist enemy by the Ministry of Labor and Social Development an act in contradiction with the Bahraini Constitution and local laws. It said that this step is among the normalization policy adopted by the authorities.

The Bahraini Society Against Normalization with Zionist Enemy expressed its deep regret regarding canceling a seminar that reflects the opinion of Gulf street, stressing that these decision are in contradiction with the constitution and harms the Bahraini Kingdom.

The ministry revealed that it has registered 16 active cases of the Coronavirus among a single Bahraini family, including parents, siblings and infants, who were exposed to the virus by one of their family members (case no. 2930 under the contact tracing mechanism).

The Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society said in a statement it issued on Saturday (May 9, 2020) "the priority today is to confront this pandemic, unite and direct efforts towards facing it and maintaining the safety and health of our people and taking care of their affairs."

Prisoners in Jaw Prison confirmed that the Interior Ministry quarantined 5 suspected Coronavirus policemen in building number 5 in Jaw Central Prison, a numbers of prisoners' families told Bahrain Mirror.

In a new development, the Bahraini regime intervened to cut off the broadcast of a seminar in the virtual world, organized by Bahrain Democratic Youth Society in cooperation with Bahraini Society Against Normalization with Zionist Enemy, on Saturday evening, May 9, 2020.

Anadolu News Agency said that Bahrain signed an agreement with the leading Turkish defense and tech firm ASELSAN to supply Bahrain with a remote-controlled weapon system for the country's naval forces, despite the financial difficulties the Kingdom is witnessing and the tensed relations with Istanbul.

Rasd Centre for Studies and Political Researches launched its first study on the Bahraini authorities' "Ramadan" speeches, entitled: States' Speeches are Only Words. It is a comprehensive analysis of the speeches of the three power poles represented by King Hamad Al Khalifa, PM, and CP, during the last month of Ramadan 1440 Hirji.

Salam for Democracy and Human Rights issued a report on World Press Freedom Day, entitled "Bahrain: Silencing Voices First".

The Spanish "El País" newspaper published a Swiss investigation stating that Juan Carlos I, Spain's former king, allegedly received a €1.7 million donation from the king of Bahrain in 2010.

Al-Wefaq Deputy Security-General, Sheikh Hussein Al-Daihi, said that Bahrain has become a model for the absence of a free press and spread of yellow press responsible for polishing tyranny.

The Bahrain Forum for Human Rights (BFHR) monitored the release of political prisoners throughout the last period, between March 11 and April 30, by studying 512 cases of prisoners of conscience.

The General Federation of Workers Trade Unions in Bahrain (GFWTUB) said that May 1st comes this year in the light of exceptional circumstances labor movement is facing everywhere on the earth, as the Coronavirus pandemic invaded the world.

Professor Tom Collins, former Head of the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland in Bahrain, said "all medics, all over the world, should call on regimes to grant political dissenters an amnesty."