Protestors in various villages across Bahrain expressed their solidarity with political opposition figures after the Al-Arabiya channel aired statements extracted from some of the leaders under torture.

Vice President of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights, Yousif Al-Mohafdha, stated that Bahrain’s Ministry of Interior is monitoring the work of the United Nations House in Bahrain, considering this a clear violation of international conventions and norms.

Bahrain witnessed widespread protests, as Bahrainis took to the streets to express their rejection of Saudi presence in the country in preparation for the anniversary of the Saudi forces’ military intervention in Bahrain.

The Bahraini FIFA presidential candidate, Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa, lost to the Swiss Gianni Infantino in the FIFA elections that took place in the Switzerland’s Zurich on Friday (February 27, 2016).

The United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Samantha Power, urged the Bahraini authorities to release the opposition leader and former Secretary-General of Wa'ad Society, Ebrahim Sharif, describing his one-year jail term as unjust.

Tom Malinowski, the US Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labour, considered the rearrest of former Secretary-General of Wa'ad Society to contradict with Bahrain's commitments to reform in Bahrain.

The Bahraini security authorities blocked the entrances of Diraz village on Friday (February 26, 2016). This blockage coincided with a call by the Bahraini Shiite clerics for a central prayer at the Imam Sadiq Mosque, after Sheikh Mohammad Sanqour was summoned for interrogation.

Thousands of Shiite worshipers in Bahrain's Diraz took part in a march following Friday prayers at the Imam Sadiq Mosque during which they chanted different slogans demanding putting an end to the sectarian discrimination practiced against them.

As the organization that governs global soccer gathers this week to choose a new president, a leading contender risks stirring up another source of controversy for the sport: human rights, reports the New York Times.

Several European newspapers launched severe attacks against the member of the ruling family in Bahrain, Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa, who is considered to be the prominent candidate for FIFA presidency, in the exceptional elections held in Zurich, Switzerland.

International Business Times said that FIFA is facing calls to publish the "integrity checks" it carried out on its presidential candidates after the front runner was once again accused of doing nothing to protect players and coaches involved in 2011's anti-government protests in Bahrain.

Bahrain Mirror (Reuters): A Bahraini court sentenced four people to five years in prison for plotting to receive explosives and weapons training to carry out attacks in the Gulf Arab kingdom, the public prosecutor said in a statement on Thursday.

Bahrain Mirror (AP): A Bahraini court sentenced a secular political figure on Wednesday to a year in prison over a speech he made in 2015 calling for change in the tiny island kingdom.

Amnesty International said on Wednesday (February 24, 2016) the sentencing of Bahraini political activist Ebrahim Sharif to one year in prison is a blatant attempt to punish him for speaking out.

The families of detainees held at Dry Dock Prison rallied and called on the Bahraini Ministry of Interior to meet the prisoners' demands and improve prison conditions.

Bahrain Mirror: The Bahraini Foreign Ministry reiterated that it backs Saudi Arabia and completely supports the measures it has taken to reinforce security. This statement came as a comment on the death of a Bahraini national in Al-Awamiya area at the hands of Saudi forces.

Bahrain Mirror (Reuters): A prominent Bahraini opposition figure was sentenced to a year in jail on Wednesday on charges of insulting the kingdom's ruling system in a speech last year, his defence lawyer said.

Bahrain Mirror: The Bahraini authorities released on Wednesday (February 24, 2016) the Imam of Imam Sadiq Mosque in Diraz, the prominent Shiite cleric Sheikh Mohammad Sanqour, after interrogation without raising any charges against him.

Bahraini authorities expelled a Bahraini national who was stripped of his citizenship, Hussein Khayrallah Mohammad Mohammadi, to the Lebanese capital Beirut on Wednesday (February 24, 2016), according to lawyer Mohammad Al-Tajer.

The Omani authorities handed over Bahraini activist Hassan Al-Baqali, who was arrested a day earlier after transiting through Oman airport for the purpose of travelling to Europe, to Bahrain.