The Public Prosecution ordered on Wednesday (October 3, 2018) the renewal of detention of 3 clerics over taking part in commemorating Ashura occasion last month.

The Public Prosecution renewed on Thursday (October 4, 2018) detention of number of clerics and eulogy citers who took part in commemorating Ashura for 15 days. It also renewed the detention of obsequies’ organizers and number of citizens arrested from Al-Malikiya over writing anti-regime expressions on the 10th day of Muharram on one of the village’s streets.

Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa's media affairs advisor Nabeel Al-Hamer revealed that a number of Iranians entered Bahrain with valid not forged passports.

With the withdrawal of pro-government parties and opposition ban, Bahrain is the only country in the world that awaits legislative elections without any parties.

Bahraini authorities arrested at least 20 people, on Monday (October 1, 2018), after a raid launched in the early hours of the morning on a number of predominantly opposition areas.

Bahrain’s National Institute for Human Rights claimed on Monday (1 October 2018) that the force used by a police officer against detainee Hajar Mansour was within the limits of the legal use of force.

International mechanisms have not done much to address deprivation of citizenship in Bahrain, said Davin Kenney, Amnesty International’s Gulf researcher.

Only two months separate us from the 2018 elections. The Bahraini public opinion, both opposition and pro-government, agrees that the parliament in its present form is only a tool in the hands of the authorities for passing whatever it pleases.

Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) said that it monitored the arrest of 27 citizens within one week, as the legislative elections boycott by the opposition approach.

A number of Twitter users reacted to the slogan and hashtag launched by the Bahraini Legislation and Legal Opinion Commission (LLOC) #Call_of_Duty for the upcoming elections.

As every investigation or follow-up committee, the investigation in the forged certificates case led to nothing.

Bahraini Minister of Foreign Affairs confirmed that his meeting with his Syrian counterpart Walid Al-Muallem wasn’t previously arranged, stressing that the Syrian government is the Government of Syria.

Leader in Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, Ali Al-Aswad, called for boycotting the elections to be held on November 24.

Bahrain Center for Human Rights issued a report about the violations witnessed in Ashura season in 2018. The report stressed that the Bahraini Constitution guarantees the constitutional freedoms, however, things are different in reality.

Civil Service Bureau in Bahrain announced that the percentage of Bahrainis in the government sectors declined to 86% after it was 91%, after the increase of government reliance on foreigners throughout the past years.

Saudi Foreign Minister, Adel Al-Jubeir, said that Qatar had incubated terrorist groups and allowed suicide bombings to be justified, noting that it had contributed to destabilizing the region.

The Ministry of Labor and Social Development said that it welcomes about 7,000 to 8,000 new jobseekers every year, who are graduates of various fields, hiring them in private sector jobs.

Sayed Abdullah Al-Ghuraifi, a prominent Bahraini Shiite cleric, called on the authorities in the country to release all preachers, eulogy reciters and obsequies organizers.

Sayed Ahmed Al-Wadaei said in tweet “I just received a phone call from my mother-in-Law Hajer Mansoor, she sounded very depressed, probably the worst call we ever had with her.”

Amnesty International urged Bahrain’s authorities to take immediate steps to ensure all those in state custody can access adequate health care and condemned in a statement issued on Friday “medical negligence” and “intentional ill-treatment” in Bahrain’s prisons.