The Nationality, Passports and Residence Affairs (NPRA) stated that there is comprehensive security and legal monitoring of foreign travelers at ports to ensure the maintenance of the Kingdom’s security and the protection of its economy.

SALAM for Democracy and Human Rights documented 108 cases of torture, ill-treatment and denial of medical treatment by the security offices in Bahrain against political detainees and imprisoned human rights activists during June and July of 2018.

The US Department of State added the Bahraini Qassim Al-Muamen to the terrorist list being a member in “Saraya Al-Ashtar”.

Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs of political Irish party Sinn Féin said he is "deeply concerned" and "alarmed" by reports that Bahraini opposition leader Hasan Mushaima is being mistreated in prison.

Human rights activist Ibtisam Al-Saegh said that an Ethiopian female died inside one of the Bahraini prisons.

A statement issued about the meeting of the Cabinet said that the PM Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa gave directives to relocate the current scrap area in Mazraa to another site to ensure its security and administrative organisation, prevent violations and irregularities and pave the way for supervision over it.

The United Nations committee sent a letter to Bahrain demanding to reconsider the death sentence issued against Maher Al-Khabbaz.

A Bahraini official congratulated Michelle Bachelet on her appointment as the new UN human rights chief following Zeid bin Ra’ad Al Hussein and wished that her term will be distinguished by objectivity and fairness.

Lawyers criticized the work mechanisms of court in Bahrain, indicating that the judicial proceedings are slow and complicated.

The Bahraini Embassy in London poured, on Sunday (August 11, 2018), water in the passes surrounding the embassy to force Ali Mushaima leave the embassy’s surrounding, where he has been protesting since days.

Ali Mushaima said that his father told him in a phone call on Tuesday that the prison’s treatment got worse, explaining that this took place shortly after visiting the doctor in the prison’s clinic.

The Bahraini embassy in London told the Middle East Eye that the prominent dissident Hasan Mushaima has refused to attend his specialist's appointments at outside hospitals, including his scheduled PET scans scheduled last year because he refuses to wear the prison uniform.

The European Union has asked Saudi Arabia to shed light on the arrests and charges facing women human rights activists, saying that the detainees should be granted due process to defend themselves.

Saudi-led coalition air strikes on Thursday killed dozens of people, including children traveling on a bus through a market, in Yemen’s Saada province, a Yemeni health official said.

Bahraini Authorities released Al-Wahdawi Secretary General, Hassan Al-Marzouq, who was detained at Bahrain Airport on July 31, 2018, as he was returning from Beirut.

The Chairman of Osoul Company (investment wing of the Social Insurance Authority), Rashid Al-Mir said the company is considering investing in a project with the Ministry of Oil worth about one billion dollars.

A Sunni cleric accused the Department of Sunni Endowments (Waqf) of deliberately not recruiting Bahraini Muezzins, noting that the Department of Awqaf is controlled by political societies.

The former High Commissioner for Human Rights Prince Zeid Ra'ad Al-Hussein said he carried out his duties non-selectively.

United Nations General Assembly on Friday confirmed by vote the appointment of Michelle Bachelet, Chile's twice-serving president, as the world body's next human rights chief.

The official municipal authorities will announce on Saturday, 11 August 2018, reaching a compromise with the vendors in Jidhafs market.