The Bahraini authorities released one of the senior figures of the Islamic Action Society (Amal), Sheikh Jassim Al-Damestani after serving five years in prison.

Journalists have raised questions for three consecutive days to the US State Department Spokesperson, during the daily press briefings held in Washington DC, yet there hasn't been a clear call from Washington for the release of human rights activist Zainab Al-Khawaja and her baby son.

The Danish Minister of Foreign Affairs Kristian Jensen said in a tweet on his personal Twitter account that Denmark raised the case of Zainab Al-Khawaja at the United Nations Human Rights Council.

Bahrain's Fourth High Criminal Court sentenced a defendant to 15 years in prison, over alleged charges of attempted murder, training on the use firearms as well as the possession of arms.

Bahrain's Fourth High Criminal Court sentenced two suspects to 15 years in prison over charges of detonating a bomb in Saar and possession of explosives. The court also fined both defendants a joint amount of 2288 Bahraini dinars for the damages caused to the vehicles owned by the Ministry of Interior.

A source following the cases of the 10 Lebanese families who the Bahraini authorities ordered to leave the country said that there are Sunni and Christian families among the 10 families.

The United States Department of State refrained from urging its ally, Bahrain, to release human rights activist Zainab Al-Khawaja, and only stated that the State Department is monitoring the situation there.

Human Rights First stated that it was alarmed at reports that prominent Bahraini human rights defender Zainab Al Khawaja and her baby were seized from her home today by Bahraini security officers.

Family of detainee Mohammad Jamil Al-Samie’ said that they received information stating that their son was admitted to the military hospital after he was subjected to torture in Bahrain’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID).

The Bahraini authorities expelled on Tuesday (March 15, 2016) another dissenter, after the court of appeals upheld last Tuesday a sentence, stripping him of his citizenship and deporting him from the country.

Participants in a seminar entitled "Saudi interference in Bahrain and Yemen and its threat to the region and world security" denounced the Saudi acts of interference in Bahraini and Yemeni affairs.

Commenting on the arrest of Bahraini human rights activist, Zainab Al-Khawaja, American journalist Nicholas Kristof described Bahrain's action as "disgraceful".

Hundreds of Bahrainis took to the streets in the island of Sitra at Tuesday night on the fifth anniversary of the brutal attack launched by the Bahraini army on Sitra leaving two people killed and a number of others injured.

Bahrain Mirror (AFP): Bahraini police on Monday jailed opposition figure Zainab al-Khawaja who was convicted in 2014 for tearing up a poster of King Hamad, media and activists said.

Bahrain Mirror (AFP): A Bahraini court jailed three people for 15 years each in two separate trials on Monday for attacking policemen, the prosecution said in a statement.

Bahrain Mirror (AFP): Bahraini police detained a political activist and her year-old son on Monday in an operation that came on the fifth anniversary of Saudi and Emirati soldiers putting down Arab Spring-inspired protests in the tiny island kingdom.

Bahrain Mirror (Reuters): Bahraini activist Zainab al-Khawaja has begun a two-month prison sentence for tearing up a photo of the king, her lawyer said on Tuesday.

The Bahraini government described the statement made by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra'ad, as "biased and lacking credibility," also dismissing it as "an unacceptable interference in the internal affairs of the kingdom."

The Attorney-General Ahmad Al-Hammadi said that the Fourth High Criminal Court convicted three defendants over charges of having illegal possession of firearms and ammunition for terrorist purposes, sentencing them to life in prison.

The Bahraini Ministry of Interior said on Monday (March 14, 2016) that it will take measures against who is proven to be linked or affiliated to Lebanon's Hezbollah, a day following similar statements issued by the Saudi Interior Ministry.