Neutral Switzerland’s embassies in Riyadh and Tehran have signed agreements to represent Iranian interests in Saudi Arabia and Saudi interests in Iran, the Swiss government said on Wednesday.

Switzerland regretted that Bahrain has not implemented all recommendations of the BICI report and criticized what it called reprisal measures against Human Rights activists and banning their travel to Geneva.

Bahrain News Agency (BNA) said that Commander-in-Chief of the Bahrain Defence Force (BDF), Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, received in his office today (Tuesday, March 21, 2017) the Swiss Consul to Bahrain, Humbert Vincent Buemi, days after tense relations between the two countries due to Switzerland's criticism of the Bahrain human rights file.

The United Arab Emirates summoned the Swiss ambassador on Sunday to denounce a statement Switzerland made to the United Nations Human Rights Council the week prior criticizing fellow Gulf state Bahrain's human rights record.

The Bahraini Ministry of Foreign Affairs has strongly rejected what was said in the statement delivered by the Swiss Representative before the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on March 14 in which it included some allegations about torturing dissidents and using excessive force in dealing with peaceful protestors.

In a statement at the Human Rights Council, Switzerland called on Bahrain to fully cooperate with the council. It confirmed that Bahrain is among the countries that practice repression against civil society, in violation of its international binding commitments.

Labour MP in House of Commons of the United Kingdom Emily Thornberry asked the British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, on March 6, 2017, about the UK Government's policy regarding the proposed Swiss statement at the UN Human Rights Council on Bahrain; and if he is to issue a statement.

More member states at the UN Human Rights Council condemned the measures adopted by the Bahraini authorities against the Bahraini opposition and civil society institutions.

Switzerland voiced its concern over the continued human rights violations in the Kingdom of Bahrain.

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Bahrain Mirror (Swissinfo): The King of Bahrain Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa's official visit to Switzerland on Thursday is the first ever by a Bahraini king. He met with Swiss President Johann Schneider-Ammann, in a sign of the two states trying to improve on a distinctly soured diplomatic relationship.

Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) published an article in which it highlighted a criminal complaint filed against the Bahraini Attorney General, Ali bin Fadhul Al-Buainain, in Switzerland for taking part in torture.

Bahrain Mirror: The Bahraini cabinet criticized the “Swiss Confederation’s Statement” that it described as “unfair for Bahrain and its human rights achievements.”

Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): The Swiss delegation delivered a joint statement signed by 33 states at the 30th session of the UN Human Rights Council held in Geneva, tackling the human rights situation in Bahrain.

Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): Swissinfo website said that the Federal Criminal Court in Bellinzona convicted the Bahraini Prime Minister's Adviser and current chairman of Gulf Petrochemical Industries Company of receiving bribes in the well-known Alba-Alcoa case.

Bahrain Mirror: Switzerland expressed “its deep concerns at the restrictions imposed by the Bahraini authorities on the right to peaceful protest, in addition to the ongoing arbitrary arrests and unjust trials.”