Bahrain is considering doubling value added tax to 10% to boost state revenues and reduce its budget deficit, a Bahraini parliamentary source and a source close to the government told Reuters, confirming local media reports.

Bahrain's Foreign Minister Abdulatif Al-Zayani met with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett in New York to discuss strengthening the bilateral alliance.

Freedom House Organization said in its 2021 annual report, published on its official website, that "Internet freedom in Bahrain remains restricted. Authorities continued to block websites and forced the removal of online content, particularly social media posts criticizing the government."

US Senators sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken expressing concern over the government of Bahrain's terrible human rights record, threating that lack of stability would ultimately affect US Navy's Fifth Fleet in Bahrain.

Amnesty International said that the recent releases do not inspire confidence that Bahrain's "alternative sentencing" program is being applied in compliance with human rights law.

Opposition leader Ibrahim Sharif responded to those claiming the Bahraini people's non readiness for democracy, and to those who accuse the opposition of being undemocratic, putting them in the same category of the authorities.

Bahraini journalist Nazeeha Saeed won Mohamed Hassanein Heikal Award for Arab Journalism for 2021, organized by Mohamed Hassanein Heikal Foundation for Arab Journalism in Egypt since 2018.

Al-Jazeera Channel is getting ready to broadcast a new episode on Dry Dock Prison in Bahrain, Al-Quds Al-Arabi newspaper reported. The episode includes UN and human rights reports and information on vast violations against detainees, particularly children.

The Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society stressed its readiness to "coordinate and communicate with opposition forces at the highest levels and organize a general national conference for the Bahraini political forces."

Years have passed since the majority of Bahraini citizens, demanding democracy and the release of political prisoners, have come to realize that the United States administration is truly aligned with the tyrannical regimes in the Gulf, and that it stands against the aspirations of the peoples of the region, including Bahrainis.

A photo published by the US Embassy in Bahrain on its Instagram account displaying a visit it paid to a Ma'tam (mourning hall) in Manama irritated hundreds of Shiites. Citizens were irritated because the delegation, which consisted of 3 female employees, didn't put on veils during their visit to the Ma'tam, which has religious sanctity?

Activist on social media circulated a video of an exclusive interview aired by the Al-Hadath Channel with one of the Yazidis raped by a member of ISIS terrorist organization.

The Arabic BCC website published a report on the normalization results between the Emirates and Bahrain with Israel.

Bahrain Mirror: The Haq Movement leader, Hassan Mushaima, said that he is assured of his decision to refuse conditional freedom, his family members reported after meeting him in prison.

Al-Wafaa leader Abdulwahab Hussein called for what he described as readying ranks and avoiding hastiness with every situation that arises.

Israel's Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said Friday that he will visit Bahrain later this month, the first such visit by an Israeli minister to the Gulf country following the normalization agreement reached last year.

he US Embassy in Bahrain welcomed via its twitter account Bahrain's expanded application of its alternative sentencing law.

Al-Wefaq said that "One year after the historical crime of signing an illegitimate and illegal agreement between the ruling regime in Bahrain and the Zionist entity, Bahrainis unanimously agree and in an unprecedented way that this crime does not represent Bahrain and does not reflect its people."

Releases and arrests. This was the scene in Bahrain on Monday (September 13, 2021).While the Ministry of Interior was calling the families of detainees to inform them of the decision to release their sons, it was raiding citizens' homes at dawn to arrest youths, including a child.

Bahrain has conditionally released 30 prisoners under new rules allowing electronic monitoring and home detention instead, the government and activists said on Wednesday. Almost all those freed are considered political detainees by rights groups.