Saudi Arabia has so far refrained from making a formal statement on the huge oil discovery in Bahrain.

A Bahraini Interior Minister announcement including photos and names of people, dubbed “inciters” of online chaos on social media, raised questions about their identities.

So far, Saudi reactions to this discovery have been limited to popular Twitter pages who have sent good wishes to Bahrain amid official state silence.

The “cost of extraction” should be the secret key to addressing the truth of this discovery. It is the “Achilles heel” of Bahrain which should make us wary of going a long way in applauding it.

Bahrain’s biggest-ever oil discovery couldn’t have come at a more crucial time, but anyone expecting a sudden revival in the country’s financial fortunes is likely to be disappointed.

Behind the motors of the Formula One vehicles resounds the voice of dissidents who have been demanding political reforms in Bahrain since 2011.

The arrest, torture and sexual abuse of women behind bars show one of the Bahraini regime’s hideous faces.

The defense team representing sheikh Ali Salman will be asked to provide witnesses to deny these accusations, and of course, the testimony of Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem Al Thani, or that of Sheikh Hussein al-Daihi will not be possible. However, what if the defense team subpoenas the King?

Despite the difference in the political and economic perspectives of most of those who commented on the new oil discovery in Bahrain, the majority completely agrees that there is a lack in technical information regarding the new field and its investment.

Hundreds of activists and tweeters took part in a widespread media campaign under hashtag #Detainee_without_Rights to write on Twitter about the prominent violations against the 4000 political detainees in Bahrain.

The day that Isa bin Salman died, could be considered the end date for the 90s uprising, and the country’s approach to a new stage. Hopes were tied that this new stage, would witness the end to the historical injustice faced by the Shiite majority.

Bahrain’s National Audit Office issued a report for the years 2016-2017, listing a number of violations committed by various Bahraini state bodies and agencies, from the Electricity and Water Authority to Labour and Health Ministries.

Four Bahrainis are currently on death row, awaiting the King's ratification of their death sentences, in politically-motivated cases.

A tweet posted by former MP hardliner Mohammed Khalid led to an outburst of rage among tweeters and activists for what they considered to be an insult towards their Imam Mahdi (the twelfth Shia Imam).

Saudis expressed their anger at the political naturalization process in Bahrain, indicating that naturalized Bahrainis are benefitting from being treated as Gulf nationals in the Saudi labor market.

The Bahraini FM, who forgot or acted as if he has forgotten that more than 4,000 freedom-seeking prisoners are languishing behind bars in Bahrain, began criticizing the Qatari authorities for their human rights record.

Humiliation is not only practiced against political prisoners in Bahrain, it is also the treatment that families of prisoners receive during visits.

Sheikh Hasan Sultan was among the pioneers of the initiative who drafted a roadmap out of the political crisis that hit the country in the 1990s.

Arbitrary retaliatory sentences were issued on October 30, 2017, against 18 Bahrainis accused in a case known as “Al-Basta Group”. The court issued life sentences against 8 defendants, 15-year jail terms against 7 others and revoked the citizenships of 14.

The Egyptian artist Khaled Abul Naga could not express his point of view during the Peacemaking Youth Forum organized by the Ministry of Youth and Sports without being interrupted by the quarreling of Sawsan Al-Shaer, a writer who is close to the regime.