The United States and Bahrain on Wednesday signed a strategic security and economic agreement which U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said would expand defense and intelligence collaboration between the two countries.

The authorities refused to temporarily release prisoner of conscience and leader of the "Haq" Movement, Dr. Abduljalil Al-Singace, to participate in the funeral of his nephew, Ahmed Al-Singace.

Detained opposition leaders in Jaw Central Prison called on the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights delegation to meet them, stressing that the "delegation's efforts should not be limited to improving prison conditions."

Bahrain has suddenly postponed a visit by a delegation from the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, which was scheduled for the next few days.

Prominent rights activist Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja resumed his hunger strike on Wednesday, September 13, 2023, after Jaw prison authorities did not allow him to get to a scheduled medical appointment, Reuters reported.

On Tuesday morning, September 12, 2023, it was confirmed that some political prisoners suspended their hunger strike, after the prison administration showed flexibility towards their demands, according to human rights sources.

Bahrain and the United States are expected to sign a strategic economic and security agreement this week that will upgrade the U.S. security commitment to the Gulf kingdom, according to US media reports.

The coordinating committee of the "We Have a Right" strike in Jaw Prison officially announced the suspension of the open-ended hunger strike until further notice, pending the implementation of the plan and the path agreed upon with the prison administration.

Agnès Callamard posted a tweet via "X" platform announcing that "on behalf of Amnesty International 10 million supporters, around the world, I will be joining Maryam Al-Khawaja in traveling to Bahrain this week to call for the release of her father, Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja"

Prisoners in Bahrain have suspended a mass hunger strike after 36 days following a pledge from the Gulf monarchy's authorities to improve conditions, activists said on Tuesday.

Hundreds of prisoners suspended their monthlong hunger strike in Bahrain, an advocacy group said Tuesday, just ahead of a visit of the island nation's crown prince to the United States.

Crown Prince and Prime Minister Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa will travel to the United States next week for an official visit, leaving behind a host of deepening crises, mainly an open-ended hunger strike that more than 800 prisoners of conscience have launched over a month ago.

Employees dismissed from Gulf Air were not reinstated in their previous jobs in the company with the same salary and privileges, but were offered to work in companies affiliated with the Gulf Air Group with new contracts in addition to retirement offers.

The U.S. and Bahrain are expected to sign a strategic security and economic agreement this week that will upgrade the U.S. security commitment to the Gulf kingdom, the Axios website quoted sources as saying.

Human Rights Watch praised the courage of Bahraini human rights activist Maryam Al-Khawaja and her perseverance after she announced last week that she will return to Bahrain to demand the release of her father, prisoner of conscience Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja, and other activists who are unjustly imprisoned in Bahrain.

The wife of political prisoner in the "Jaw" Central Prison, Saeed Al-A'ali, who is on hunger and water strike, said that after her visit to him on Saturday, September 9, 2023, she felt that it was "a farewell visit."

Bahrain's detained opposition leaders reiterated the validity of the hunger strikers' demands, expressing "concern for their wellbeing."

The Washington Post newspapers demanded the Biden administration not to forget that more than 800 political prisoners remain on a month-long hunger strike over their mistreatment in the notorious Jaw Rehabilitation and Reform Center, as Bahrain's crown prince prepares to visit Washington this week.

What is the stance of the Prime Minister of Bahrain regarding what's happening in Jaw Central Prison? Does the Prime Minister deny the deteriorating humanitarian crisis, in which more than 800 prisoners of conscience have been on hunger strike for a month?

The Friday preacher of the Imam Sadiq Mosque in Diraz, Sheikh Mohammad Sanqour, said that "the wise were expected to speak out about the prisoners and their demands in a way that satisfies their conscience."