Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim considered that "the persistence and expansion of aggressive operations against the Holy Quran, including burning, desecration and various insults in various Western countries, is a desperate attempt to thwart a creeping Islamic renaissance.

Brian Dooley, senior advisor at Human Rights First, said that Bahrain is lurching into another crisis as hundreds of prisoners protest about the lack of adequate medical care since August 7, 2023.

Abdulwahab Hussein, spokesman of Al Wafa'a Islamic Movement, confirmed that "officials treat prisoners in a way that produces the worst outcome, and overwhelm the facts with embellished talk without considering the consequences."

t least 500 prisoners are on hunger strike inside a Bahraini prison, in what is described as the largest demonstration of such a kind inside a prison in the Gulf state. Meanwhile, the Bahraini authorities continue to detain prisoners of conscience.

The director of the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD), Sayed Ahmed Al-Wadaei, revealed horrific details about the torture political detainee Ahmad Jaafar, who is in solitary confinement and on hunger strike, is being subjected to.

A pair of Egyptians who disappeared for two weeks after they were arrested in Bahrain earlier this month have resurfaced in Egyptian custody on terrorism-related charges, according to a human rights group and an informed source.

The number of political prisoners on hunger strike in Jaw Central Prison reached more than 743, as of Sunday, August 20, 2023, according to the director of the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD), Sayed Ahmed Al-Wadaei.

Ali Salman, a political detainee on hunger strike at Jaw Central Prison, revealed that a policeman in the prison slapped him on his face and strangled him.

Political prisoners on hunger strike in Bahrain's Jaw Central Prison commended the Palestinian prisoners for going on a similar strike "championing their dignity," highlighting that the joint strike is because they do not accept their dignity to be trampled upon.

Prisoner of conscience in Jaw Central Prison, Mr. Hasan Mushaima, leader and head of the "Haq" opposition movement, said that "the news he receives about the conditions of the beloved figures and prisoners breaks his heart," as their hunger strike reaches its 13th day.

15 human rights organizations sent a letter to British Secretary of State for Foreign James Cleverly calling on his government to press the Bahraini authorities to unconditionally release all political prisoners in the Bahraini prisons.

Detained prisoner of conscience Sheikh Mirza Al-Mahrous was transferred to the Military Hospital once again after his health deteriorated due to the deliberate negligence by the Jaw Prison administration to treat him.

At least 500 prisoners are on hunger strike inside a Bahraini prison primarily used to detain prisoners of conscience, refusing food in protest at their detention conditions, the Guardian newspaper reported.

The Arab Organization for Human Rights called on the Bahraini authorities to "examine the situation" of political detainees who have been on hunger strike in Jaw Central Prison for 12 days, and called on them to "work to end the strike and respond to their legitimate demands, which represent the minimum standards for the treatment of prisoners and other detainees."

The European Union called on Bahrain to "expand measures for the release of political detainees to include imprisoned activists who suffer medical conditions."

The Friday preacher of the Imam Sadiq Mosque in Diraz, west of the capital Manama, Sheikh Mohammad Sanqour, expressed "solidarity with the prisoners" and called on the authorities to "release them all on a humanitarian basis," stressing that "Those who don't keep political score should at least have humanity."

The Deputy Secretary-General of Al-Wefaq, Sheikh Hussein Al-Daihi, confirmed that "negotiations between the detainees and Jaw Prison administration in Bahrain have not achieved any progress so far," as the detainees' open hunger strike enters its second week.

The health condition of a number of political prisoners in "Jaw" central prison who are on hunger strike has deteriorated, as detainee Jaafar Naji Ramadan faces high risk of death after his blood sugar reached 1.6.

Vedant Patel, Principal Deputy Spokesperson for the US Department of State, said on Thursday (August 18, 2023) that Washington is "aware of and concerned" of the reports of the hunger strike carried out by the detainees inside the Bahraini prisons since August 7 to demand improving their situation.

Over a dozen human rights organizations penned a letter to United States President Joe Biden, calling on the US government to press the Bahraini authorities to immediately release Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja.