Lawyer Mohammad Al-Jishi posted on his personal Twitter account that the King of Bahrain Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa issued a royal pardon, releasing detainee Tagi Al-Maidan, who holds the American passport and is sentenced to 10 years in prison.

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office said that Bahrain achieved progress on human rights in Bahrain throughout 2015, although challenges remain, indicating that the Government of Bahrain continued to take steps to implement its human rights and political reform agenda.

Bahrain Mirror (Reuters): A U.S. citizen who had been sentenced in Bahrain to 10 years in jail in 2013 has been granted a royal pardon and was freed on Thursday after paying a fine, he and his lawyer said.

Qatar National Bank, the largest lender in the Middle East and Africa by assets, is investigating an alleged security breach of data posted online this week that revealed the names and passwords of a large number of customers.

The Bahraini Parliament issued a statement in which "it stressed on the need to take all measures so as to put an end to the practices of Iran and the Lebanon's Hezbollah," which it deemed a terrorist group, also calling for declaring "war on terrorism fomented by Wilayat Al-Faqih."

Salam for Democracy and Human Rights is organizing an international conference on April 22 and 23, 2016 in coordination with No Peace without Justice, entitled "Shia Persecution in Bahrain".

The Bahraini authorities released on Wednesday (April 20, 2016) detainee Rayhana Al-Mosawi after serving her 3-year jail term, which is considered the longest term served by a Bahraini female over politically-motivated charges.

Member of the European-Bahraini Organization for Human Rights (EBOHR), Fatima Al-Halwachi, said that a Bahraini court sentenced her detained father and member of Amal Society Khalil Al-Halwachi to one month in prison over charges of insulting a police officer, against whom Dry Dock prisoners have raised complaints.

The Bahraini Minister of Energy Abdulhussain bin Ali Mirza said that oil prices will continue to drop, following the Doha meeting failure.

The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) said that 22 arrests took place during the period between April 11 and 19, 2016. BCHR further stated that 90 percent of the arrests were arbitrary.

The Salafist Al-Asalah Society stated that it is ready to "open the door of Jihad" to back the Bahraini military which expressed its readiness to confront protestors, whom it accused of attacking police patrols.

The United States embassy in Bahrain condemned "in the strongest terms" the gasoline bomb attack that took place in Bahrain's Karbabad Saturday night, leaving one police officer killed and two others wounded.

The Second High Criminal (Appeals) Court set May 23, 2016 as a date for issuing a verdict, concerning the expulsion of lawyer Taymour Karimi after his citizenship was revoked alongside 30 other Bahrainis.

The Bahraini cabinet decided to approve the development of a new kind of gasoline with 98 Octane, known as "Super fuel" to be made available in the market as a third option for consumers alongside "Jayyid" (Good) and "Mumtaz" (Excellent) fuel.

Bahrain's Ministry of Interior announced that it summoned the political assistant of the Al-Wefaq Secretary-General, Khalil Al-Marzooq and secretariat member Abduljalil Khalil over Al-Wefaq statements that "questioned the procedures adopted by the Interior Ministry" as well as "calling for the interference of foreign organizations."

The Bahraini authorities released on Monday (April 18, 2016) photographer Ahmed Al-Fardan after serving a 3-month jail term over taking part in an assembly.

The Bahrain Defence Force said that it stands ready to respond "to the terrorist groups that target security patrols and police officers".

British ambassador to Bahrain Simon Martin condemned the attack in Karbabad which killed a policeman and seriously injured two others, as the Ministry of Interior announced.

The German ambassador to Bahrain Alfred Simms-Protz condemned the killing of a policeman in Bahrain's Karbabad on Saturday (April 16, 2016), stressing that murder can never be a substitute for political debate and peaceful protest.

Despite spending five years behind bars for only calling for a general strike in 2011, and brutally tortured, the former President of the Bahrain Teachers Association (BTA), Mahdi Abu Dheeb, says, “What’s important is that my soul was never subjugated.”