A Bahraini court sentenced on Thursday (April 28, 2016) dissidents to life-imprisonment over charges of “acquiring explosives” and stripped a number of defendants of their Bahraini citizenship.

The Bahraini authorities refused for the second consecutive year to grant a permit for staging a Labor Day demonstration, organized by the General Federation of Bahrain Trade Unions (GFBTU).

Detainees at Dry Dock Prison said that the prison’s administration is avoiding to meet their demands that they had asked for, following a one-month hunger strike.

The Bahraini Supreme Court of Appeals upheld a court of first instance's verdict against 5 suspects over abducting a citizen claiming he is a spy. The court sentenced the suspects to 7 years in prison and the fourth suspect to one year in prison over stealing the phones of the victim.

Iran asked U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon on Thursday to convince the United States to stop violating state immunity after the top U.S. court ruled that $2 billion in frozen Iranian assets must be paid to American victims of attacks blamed on Tehran.

The 30-year-old Hussein Al-Banay from Bahrain’s Sitra has been recorded as the ninth Sickle Cell disease casualty after he passed away in the early hours of Tuesday morning (April 26, 2016).

Bahrain’s Public Prosecution stated that the fourth high criminal court issued its sentence on April 27, 2016 against three suspects accused of detonating a bomb that injured a policeman, acquiring explosives and destroying two vehicles owned by the police.

The Bahraini Supreme Court of Appeals upheld a court of first instance's verdict against 3 appellants over charges of setting fire to an ATM in Hamad Town.

The Bahraini Supreme Court of Appeals upheld a court of first instance's verdict against 6 suspects over blowing up a gas cylinder outside a money exchange shop in Bahrain’s Saar. The court had sentenced 4 of the suspects to 10 years in prison and 2 others to 5.

Bahraini Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, in his capacity as Deputy King, issued a Royal Order appointing the former Minister of Information Affairs Isa bin Abdulrahman Al-Hammadi as Advisor for Information Affairs in his court.

Bahrain Mirror (AFP): A Bahraini court has sentenced eight people to life in jail after convicting them of "terrorism" and violence against security forces in two separate cases, authorities said.

A Bahraini court sentenced 5 dissidents, 4 of whom are from the same family, to life imprisonment over charges of attempting to smuggle explosives.

The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) announced that 40 arrests took place last week, noting that 72% of these arrests were carried out arbitrarily by illegal house raids.

The Freedoms and Human Rights Department at Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society issued a report revealing the widespread human rights and religious freedoms violations practiced by the Bahraini authorities in 2015.

Member of Bahrain Center for Human Rights, Hussain Radhi, said a court sentenced Laila Mansour Marzooq, from Bani Jamra, to 3 months in prison for standing outside a police station demanding the release of her son.

Bahrain’s cabinet announced that social media accounts of state employees working in the government only reflect their own personal views and do not, in any way, reflect the governmental bodies they work for.

Iran's Supreme Leader accused the United States on Wednesday of scaring businesses away from Tehran and undermining a deal to lift international sanctions.

Bahrain's Fourth High Criminal Court adjourned the case of Al-Wefaq senior official Sheikh Hassan Isa, in which he was accused of funding a "terrorist group" until May 16, 2016 to listen to the attesting witnesses' testimonies.

Kytos Cultural Center said it will launch a book entitled "Plea of Dignity", which comprises the plea entered by Sheikh Nimr Al-Nimr, on Friday (April 29, 2016) in the Lancaster Hotel Hazmieh, in the Lebanese capital, Beirut.

Mai bint Mohammed Al Khalifa, the President of the Bahrain Authority for Culture and Antiquities, issued a decree, dissolving the Bahrain Society for Photography, claiming the "involvement of members of the society in activities that violate the law and public order".