Associated Press: A lawyer for a prominent Bahraini rights activist says an appeals court has upheld a verdict against Nabeel Rajab for insulting government ministries on Twitter.

Reuters: May 13 An Iranian-owned bank based in Bahrain has appealed a decision by local authorities to place it in administration, in a case showing the vulnerability of Iran's business interests in the Gulf as political tensions rise.

Bahrain's King Hamad bin Issa Al Khalifa has skipped a Gulf Arab summit with U.S. President Barack Obama, but is expected to join Britain's Queen Elizabeth at a horse show near London, a show representative said.

Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): Four weeks after declaring the launch of a military operation dubbed the “Decisive Storm” against Yemen, Saudi Arabia announced halting its “Decisive Storm” without anyone knowing the objectives it had achieved, other than leading to thousands of civilian deaths, tens of thousands of displaced persons and refugees and destruction of the country’s infrastructure which was already weak.

AFP: A Shiite parliamentarian in Kuwait demanded to grill the Minister of Foreign Affairs over Kuwait’s participation in the Saudi led air strikes against Huthis in Yemen.

Bahrain Mirror: The initial financial estimates of Bahrain’s general budget for the two fiscal years 2015/2016 showed a decline in the oil and gas revenues by 44.6% in comparison with 2013/2014.

Bahrain Mirror: The arrested Khalil Al-Halwachi suffered recently from a blood clot in his arm and was transferred to the military hospital for treatment without informing his family. Kahlil’s family expressed their concern over him suffering again from another clot due to the maltreatment in the Dry Dock Prison.

Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): The council of ministers announced on Monday, May 11, 2015 that the actual deficit in last year’s budget (2014) decreased by 62%, reaching 455 million Dinars.

Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): A detailed testimony of a Bahraini detainee’s sister clearly reflects the agony that has overwhelmed her young brother, the humiliation he is suffering from, his hunger, his longing for living in a clean environment free of filth, and the abuses he is subjected to at the hands of Jordanian police.

Bahrain Mirror: The Ministry of Interior announced the opening of more buildings in the Dry Dock Detention Center and Jaw Central Prison to embrace the increasing number of inmates who were arrested over the popular protests that erupted on 14 February 2011.

Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): Bahraini authorities denied British artist and writer of Lebanese origin, Tania El Khoury, entry to the country on Wednesday (May 6, 2015), who sought to visit the island kingdom for art research purposes.

Sadeq al-Hubaishi: Dear President Barack Obama, I am the father of Jehad al-Hubaishi, who was arrested when he was only 16 years old and joined over 200 child political detainees currently held in Bahraini prisons. I am confident that you will take the necessary steps to address my son’s issue, as well as his friend’s, and the cases of other children.

On April 28th 2015, the ministry of Interior declared that it had arrested 28 Bahrainis whom it accused of being involved in terrorist processes. Among the 28 arrested was a 16-year-old boy, Ahmed Al-Arab.

The member of the Special Investigation Unit, Ibrahim Al-Kuwari, said the unit received last April 28 complaints, 18 of them were on allegations of torture and nine on allegations of maltreatment, while one was on allegations of using excessive force by the public security forces into which an official investigation had been launched.

What is the Bahraini government waiting for to stop the extremist cleric, Jalal Al-Sharqi? It is waiting for nothing. Last March, he declared that the Lebanese author, Joumana Haddad, is an infidel. He also decided that she should be killed.

Bahrain Human Rights Society said (Sunday, May 10, 2015) that it had recorded 26 arbitral arrests within the first week of May, indicating that some were released later on. Meanwhile, eight peaceful protestors were injured in Abu Saiba and Shakoura.

The Public Prosecution decided to extend the jail term of the president of Bahrain Center for Human Rights, the prominent human rights defender, Nabeel Rajab, for 15 more days pending investigation, stated the lawyer Mohammed Al-Jishi.

Witnesses who gave statements against the ministry of interior face an unknown fate. The Bahraini regime arrests, tortures and even kills the witnesses in the murdering cases to hide the truth from the public. On the other hand, it acquits the murders.

Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): Eyewitnesses told Bahrain Mirror that on the afternoon of Friday, May 8, 2015, members of the Bahraini regime forces raided Diraz, west of Manama, surrounded Al-Sadeq Mosque and confiscated a number of speakers and political banners, in addition to the Bahraini flags the prayers use in their protests every week after Friday prayer.

Bahrain Mirror: An Interior Ministry spokesman said that the Saudi customs officials thwarted an attempt, on Friday (8 May 2015) to smuggle highly explosive load that was coming from Bahrain.