Citizens in Bahrain are circulating worrying information about plenty of offers that have been made to a number of citizens through phone calls from brokers to buy their homes, in both Isa Town and Saar area. One citizen is reported to have been offered an amount of 500,000 dinars to purchase his house.

The directorate of Isa Town Charity Society announced the launch of Imam Zainulabidine blood donation campaign, with the cooperation of health ministry.

The Information and eGovernment Authority (iGA) announced that identity card centers at Isa Town and Muharraq (Seef Mall) will be open an extra day every week on Saturdays for Bahraini nationals only during the summer holidays.

The Complaints, Monitoring and Follow-up Committee at the National Institution for Human Rights (NIHR) said that it reviewed 7 complaints from female detainees in Isa Town Prison related to the right to physical and moral integrity, as well as the right for health.

Heavy rains in Bahrain have led to power cuts and internet disruptions in some areas, local Al-Bilad newspaper reported.

Five Bahraini female political prisoners have gone on hunger strike to protest against ill-treatment and a glass barrier that prevents contact with visitors, a rights group said Friday.

The General Federation of Workers Trade Unions in Bahrain (GFWTUB) expressed its deep concern regarding the fate of farmer market booths owners in the town of Isa, as the municipality attempted to remove all their tents in an arbitrary and unjust way. This caused controversy and shock in the public opinion.