The Bahraini government has finally spoken its last word, with no further releases imminent. Everything that happened in the penultimate session of the House of Representatives was merely an event for expressing opinions and testing the waters, nothing more, as all the cards of power remain in the hands of the king.

Bahraini Member of Parliament Mohammad Al-Husseini demanded "the strong return of political life to Bahrain, the return of political societies, whitening of prisons (i.e. the release of political prisoners), and the release of Sheikh Ali Salman," the Secretary-General of the Al-Wefaq Society from prison.

Why didn't the King of Bahrain explicitly say that he was the one who passed the law? Why didn�t the official newspapers say that the parliament's call for holding a tax law session was merely a nominal order to enforce the king�s will?

A delegation from the Bahraini House of Representatives visited the Republic of Iraq in an official visit, during which it met Iraqi President Fuad Masum, Foreign Minister Ibrahim Al-Jaafari and Iraqi Parliament Speaker Salim Al-Jabouri.

Head of Bahrain's parliamentary delegation to Geneva strongly criticized statements of UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Bahrain violations.

Bahrain to host first edition of �Arab Forum on Iranian threats� to be held in Manama on August 6...