Bahrain Mirror: Naji al-Arabi, the orator in Ajlan Mosque in Arad, thanked the Bahraini and Saudi kings for not attending, in person, Camp David summit and lowering the level of official representation.

Bahrain Mirror: Salah Al-Jowder, the orator of Al-Khair Mosque in Galali, said that the nation is facing the scheme of changing its identity, known as the Arab Spring or the new Middle East. We have to promote the intellectual security among youths.

Bahrain Mirror: Bahrain’s prosecution claimed that “police investigations” revealed that four suspects, including one young woman, were involved in the detonation of an explosive device near a mosque in Sheikh Khalifa Al-Kabeer Avenue in Al-Muharraq.

Bahrain Mirror: During a press conference, Chairman of the Prisoners and Detainees Rights Commission (PDRC), Nawaf Al- Moawda, spoke of the commission’s achievements, yet making no mention of Jaw prison, where prisoners are being subject to the worst forms of torture and degrading treatment.

Bahrain Mirror: Bahrain Human Rights Society said that it had recorded 52 peaceful protests, 34 arbitral arrests and 23 house raids at the hands of the security authorities in Bahrain within the second week of May 2015.

Bahrain Mirror: The Bahraini Foreign Ministry summoned Sunday (17 May 2015) the Iranian charge d’affaires in protest of recent statements made by Iranian Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, that Bahrain deemed a blatant interference in its internal affairs, according to BNA.

Bahrain Mirror: The Bahraini protestors continued to stage protests demanding the end of Al Khalifa’s domination of power, while the authorities intensify the arrest campaigns against the dissent activists.

Bahrain Mirror: The state’s budget for 2015-2016 showed that 87.1% of the revenues will come from oil, reaching 3707 million out of the total revenues amounting to 4254 million Dinars.

Bahrain Mirror: Yousif Al-Muhafdhah, the vice president of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights said (Sunday, May 17, 2015) that the authorities had released the policeman involved in murdering the martyr Ali Mushaima, the first victim of the popular protests that erupted in 14 February 2011.

Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): Britain, the Bahraini regime’s key ally, will be under the Conservative party’s rule for five more years. The party achieved an unexpected landslide victory in the parliamentary elections that took place in the United Kingdom last Saturday (May 9th 2015).

Reuters: Iran will help oppressed people in the region, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Saturday, days after Gulf Arab leaders met U.S. President Barack Obama and expressed concern about Iranian expansionism.

Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): The Norwegian authorities call for the release of human rights defender Nabeel Rajab, said State Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Bård Glad Pedersen.

Bahrain Mirror: Amnesty International has launched an urgent action to release the prisoner of conscience Ahmad Mshaima’ stating that he may be at risk of further torture and other ill-treatment.

Bahrain Mirror: Amnesty International said that the verdict issued by a Bahraini court on Thursday sentencing the president of Bahrain Center for Human Right to six months in prison shows that Bahrain is brazenly flouting its international obligations.

Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): 45 Members of Congress sent a letter to the US President Barack Obama on Tuesday (May 12,2015), urging him to stand up for human rights in his meetings this week with leaders from Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, UAE, Qatar, Oman, and Kuwait, which make up the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).

Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): A Bahraini court on Thursday (May 14, 2015) ruled that two Shiites be expelled from the country, after stripping them of their citizenships (on January 31, 2015) along with 72 others, who most of them are Shiite dissents.

Bahrain Mirror: The US Democratic Party Member Mahdi Afifi has stated that the King of Bahrain Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa didn’t attend the Camp David Summit upon the request of the United States, in a series of comments he made during an interview with Russia Today, posted on their website.

Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): The Press Office Director, Jeff Rathke, during the State Department’s Daily Press Briefing: “The important thing in this meeting with GCC leaders has been that the right people are in the discussions to carry out these kinds of important security and regional cooperation concerns.”

Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): The king of Bahrain, who preferred to attend the annual celebration at Windsor with Britain’s Queen rather than take part in the Camp David Summit, doesn’t really care about Iran or its nuclear issue but found the Saudi dissatisfaction as an opportunity to evade commitments concerning issues related to freedoms and human rights whichBahrain doesn’t want to commit to.

Bahrain Mirror: The Parliament has accepted that his MPs pension reaches 4000 Dinars and it refused the proposed amendments regarding raising the said number.