Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa called on Yemen's Ansar Allah to "hand over" those who "carried out the criminal act" that killed a Bahraini officer and soldier and wounded two Bahraini soldiers on Saudi Arabia's southern border.

Bahrain ranked penultimate in the GCC Judicial System Efficiency Index, according to the 2023 Index of Economic Freedom.

Israeli tourism minister Haim Katz arrived in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, September 26, 2023, to attend a UN World Tourism Organization conference.

King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa issued on Tuesday, September 26, 2023, a decree raising the ceiling of the kingdom's public debt to BHD 16 billion, equivalent to $42.5 billion.

The Bahrain Defence Force said that an officer and a soldier from the Bahrain Defence Force were killed and others were wounded on Monday, September 25, 2023, in Al-Hidd, south of Saudi Arabia.

The Friday preacher at the Imam Al-Sadiq Mosque in Diraz, west of the capital, Manama, Sheikh Ali Al-Sadadi, said, "We, as the people of Bahrain, say to ourselves that normalization with the Zionist enemy has not affected our reputation," explaining that "the world and the enemy knew that the people of this country reject normalization."

Scholar Sayed Abdullah Al-Ghuraifi warned that the complications that have recently emerged in the construction of mosques, obsequies and sites of worship are very worrying and a concerning indicator.

Ali Mushaima, son of prisoner of conscience and leader of opposition "Haq" Movement, Hasan Mushaima, held in Jaw Central Prison, said "My father, who is the oldest political prisoner in Bahrain (now over 75 years old), suffers from health problems that worsen with age and the oppressive conditions of his detention."

The Aurora Humanitarian Initiative announced on Thursday (September 21, 2023) that Bahraini prisoner of conscience and human rights defender, Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja, is among three exceptional individuals nominated to win the 2024 Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity.

Salam DHR issued a report entitled "The Lost Democracy: A Human Rights Vision on the Confiscation of Political Rights in Bahrain", which confirmed that "the government of Bahrain is violating its obligations under international conventions and its constitution through a series of arbitrary measures."

Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain said that young detainees face health and psychological risks due to the inhumane treatment they receive while continuing to be denied basic rights such as visits, food, clothing, and education, contrary to allegations of prison reform.

Chairman of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, Jim McGovern, said "the decision to deny Maryam Al-Khawaja and others entry and cancel the visit of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights delegation contradicts everything Foreign Minister Al-Zayani said about Bahrain's commitment to human rights when we met."

Maryam Al-Khawaja announced in a tweet on the "X" platform that her father, prisoner of conscience Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja, has resumed his hunger strike.

The Secretary-General of "Bahrain Freedom Movement", Saeed al-Shehabi, who lives in London, suffered a health condition and as a result was admitted to the hospital two days ago.

The Third High Criminal Court acquitted on Monday, September 18, 2023, the owner of "Disney Nursery" of charges brought against her by the Ministry of Education, including "defamation and contempt."

Front Line Defenders staff organized a solidarity vigil with prisoner of conscience Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja.

Prisoner of conscience Abd Ali Al-Singace announced on Sunday, September 17, 2023, launching a hunger strike in protest against being prevented by the authorities from attending the funeral procession of his deceased son, after they had previously promised him to let him attend.

Minor political detainees in Dry Dock prison began a hunger strike on Sunday, September 17, 2023, for at least the third time after the prison administration broke promises to resolve their case.

Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim stressed that "the normalization of the ruling political system in Bahrain with the Zionist enemy goes against the sovereignty of the people who completely reject this normalization."

"I am extremely concerned about the deteriorating health of Mr. Abduljalil Al-Singace, Mr. Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja and Mr. Naji Fateel. Medical negligence and lack of adequate care has left them in a worrying state," said Mary Lawlor, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders.