The security authorities in Dry Dock Prison returned on Wednesday (October 18, 2017) detained Shiite cleric Sheikh Isa Al-Qaffas to his prison cell two weeks after no news were reported about him and being held in solitary confinement.

The United Nations Committee against Torture on Friday called on Bahrain to release prominent activist Nabeel Rajab from more than nine months of solitary confinement and investigate widespread allegations of ill-treatment and torture of detainees.

Index on Censorship said on its website that it is deeply concerned about the deteriorating conditions for freedom of expression and human rights in Bahrain.

Bahraini human rights activist Nabeel Rajab’s family said that Rajab was rushed to the hospital yesterday directly after they paid him a visit at the prison.