Jaw Prison guards attacked on Sunday (May 14, 2023) political prisoners who are sentenced to death, injuring a number of them.

Bahrain's Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society called for the re-opening of the shrine of the great companion "Sa'asa'a bin Souhan Al-a'abdi," which is located in southern Bahrain and dates back to 1300 years. The society indicated that the regime closed the shrine and is preventing citizens from visiting it.

Saudi Minister of Investment Khalid bin Abdulaziz Al-Falih announced that Saudi Arabia will establish an investment fund that aims to invest up to $5 billion.

15 British MPs have signed a motion expressing "strong concern at Bahrain's ongoing sponsorship of the Royal Windsor Horse Show 2023, despite the Kingdom's appalling human rights and dentition of hundreds of political prisoners."

In Bahrain, mass demonstrations took place after Friday prayers (May 12, 2023) in Diraz, west of Manama, to condemn normalization and the Zionist aggression on Gaza Strip and in support of it and the Palestinian resistance.

Sayed Abdullah Al-Ghuraifi stressed that "curriculum changes collide with the values of religion," stressing that "it is not permissible to neglect the pillars of religion for political interests, regardless of the reasons and justifications may be."

The Bahrain Press Association stressed that "the government of Bahrain is not called upon to reconsider Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja's file; it is only called upon to get rid of its revenge complex."

The Bahrain Human Rights Forum, in cooperation with the Journalists Support Committee and the Khiam Center for the Rehabilitation of Victims of Torture, held a media seminar on May 11, 2023 entitled "Bahrain: An environment that suppresses press freedoms", marking the "Bahraini Press Day" and "World Press Freedom Day".

A team of specialists has been assigned to conduct a comprehensive review of all curricula to verify all modifications and changes that have occurred, said the Minister of Education Mohammed bin Mubarak Jumaa.

Students from a number of private Bahraini schools were surprised by the presence of Israelis at a conference organized by the Bahraini government in the capital, Manama, noting that the students attended the conference as part of a school activity, which made them protest in front of their teachers.

Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society has monitored more than 120 human rights violations in Bahrain during April 2023. The society has documented the arrest of 16 citizens, 10 cases of human rights violations, 83 raids carried out by security forces and the deterioration of health condition of Abdulwahab Hussein.

After suffering and canceling all his medical appointments outside the prison for about 8 months, the "Jaw Prison" administration allowed prisoner of conscience Abdulwahab Hussein to visit the dental clinic at "Al-Qalaa Hospital", on Tuesday, May 9, 2023.

The Education Ministry referred an owner of a social media account to the Anti-Cyber Crime Directorate for speaking about the ministry's change of curricula.

Rapid Intervention forces at Jaw Central Prison stormed Building No. 6 and fired pepper spray (hot gas), which causes temporary blindness and shortness of breath, at prisoners in Ward 1 and 2.

he Crown Minister and Prime Minister directed the Minister of Education Mohammed bin Mubarak Jumaa to immediately halt any changes made to the Kingdom's educational curricula, according to Bahrain News Agency.

Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim stressed that "changing the curricula is a consolation for Israel, and selling out the fundamentals of religion and history for the sake of normalization is a clear fight against religion that the Muslim people should not remain silent about."

Sheikh Hussein Al-Daihi, deputy Secretary-General of Al-Wefaq, stressed that "Palestine will remain our first cause and we will not be reckless in defending it despite the inaction of some rulers and their normalization with the usurping entity."

Scholars and preachers in Bahrain expressed their "deep concern and regret over the recent suspicious changes made by the Ministry of Education in a number of curricula prescribed in public schools," noting that "what the ministry has done amounts to distorting the contents and falsifying facts."

Bahrain ranked the last among the Gulf countries in the 2023 Press Freedom Index, according to Reporters Without Borders.

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