The Bahraini National Initiative against Normalization with the Zionist Enemy, which comprises 27 political, human rights and various societies, reiterated its rejection of the agreement and considered it "a permanent threat against the interests of the Bahraini and Palestinian people and all the sons of the nation."

Sheikh Hussein Al-Daihi, deputy Secretary-General of Al-Wefaq, warned that "the agreement between the United States and Bahrain should not be at the expense of democratic values and human rights."

The Bahraini authorities prevented Maryam Al-Khawaja, daughter of detainee Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja, from boarding a plane to return to her country.

The New York Times said that the security agreement the US signed with Bahrain on Wednesday, September 13, 2023, "could serve as a template for other Gulf Arab governments, including the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, that have recently demanded stronger security guarantees from the United States."

Al-Wefaq Society welcomed the visit of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to Bahrain, stressing that "the visit comes in light of difficult humanitarian, human rights and political conditions after the lack of trust and the absence of a social contract between the ruler and the ruled."

FreeAlKhawaja Campaign posted a tweet via "X" platform announcing that Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja was prevented from visiting the doctor yesterday, despite his urgent need for medical care. The campaign attached a video for Al-Khawaja's daughter telling the details.

The United States and Bahrain on Wednesday signed a strategic security and economic agreement which U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said would expand defense and intelligence collaboration between the two countries.

The authorities refused to temporarily release prisoner of conscience and leader of the "Haq" Movement, Dr. Abduljalil Al-Singace, to participate in the funeral of his nephew, Ahmed Al-Singace.

Detained opposition leaders in Jaw Central Prison called on the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights delegation to meet them, stressing that the "delegation's efforts should not be limited to improving prison conditions."

Bahrain has suddenly postponed a visit by a delegation from the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, which was scheduled for the next few days.

Prominent rights activist Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja resumed his hunger strike on Wednesday, September 13, 2023, after Jaw prison authorities did not allow him to get to a scheduled medical appointment, Reuters reported.

On Tuesday morning, September 12, 2023, it was confirmed that some political prisoners suspended their hunger strike, after the prison administration showed flexibility towards their demands, according to human rights sources.

The coordinating committee of the "We Have a Right" strike in Jaw Prison officially announced the suspension of the open-ended hunger strike until further notice, pending the implementation of the plan and the path agreed upon with the prison administration.

Agnès Callamard posted a tweet via "X" platform announcing that "on behalf of Amnesty International 10 million supporters, around the world, I will be joining Maryam Al-Khawaja in traveling to Bahrain this week to call for the release of her father, Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja"

Prisoners in Bahrain have suspended a mass hunger strike after 36 days following a pledge from the Gulf monarchy's authorities to improve conditions, activists said on Tuesday.

Hundreds of prisoners suspended their monthlong hunger strike in Bahrain, an advocacy group said Tuesday, just ahead of a visit of the island nation's crown prince to the United States.

Employees dismissed from Gulf Air were not reinstated in their previous jobs in the company with the same salary and privileges, but were offered to work in companies affiliated with the Gulf Air Group with new contracts in addition to retirement offers.

The U.S. and Bahrain are expected to sign a strategic security and economic agreement this week that will upgrade the U.S. security commitment to the Gulf kingdom, the Axios website quoted sources as saying.

Human Rights Watch praised the courage of Bahraini human rights activist Maryam Al-Khawaja and her perseverance after she announced last week that she will return to Bahrain to demand the release of her father, prisoner of conscience Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja, and other activists who are unjustly imprisoned in Bahrain.

The wife of political prisoner in the "Jaw" Central Prison, Saeed Al-A'ali, who is on hunger and water strike, said that after her visit to him on Saturday, September 9, 2023, she felt that it was "a farewell visit."