Abdulrahman Al-Otaishan, President of the "Saudi-Bahraini Business Council," expects an announcement soon on the completion of studies for the construction of the "Parallel Bridge" between Bahrain and Saudi Arabia.

Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) asserts the right guaranteed to all citizens in Bahrain for freedom of opinion and expression, calling on the government of Bahrain to adhere to the international laws and treaties it has ratified.

The mother of a young Bahraini, Maytham Mahmoud Ahmad Salman (18), staged a protest on Sunday in front of the Criminal Investigations Department building demanding the release of her son, who was arrested by the authorities without justification.

The Bahraini Ministry of Education removed educational exercises related to "jihad" from the new "Language Exercises" book for the Arabic language subject for fifth-grade elementary students.

The health of the prisoner of conscience held in Bahrain's Jaw Central Prison, Hamad Yousif Kadhem, deteriorated due to the prison administration's negligence of his condition and its prevention of treatment for him.

An unidentified person attacked the vehicle of the leader of the "Islamic Action Society - Amal", Hisham Al-Sabbagh, in the Bahrain capital Manama.

Prisoner of Conscience Mohammad Abdul Amir's health has deteriorated due to the negligence of the administration of Jaw Central Prison, which has refused to provide him with medication.

"Awal Gulf Manufacturing" announced its bankruptcy, liquidation, and complete closure in a case filed before the Bahraini judiciary, which will render 220 Bahraini employees of the company unemployed.

Ibrahim Sharif, the former Secretary-General of the Waad Society, expressed that the reason for the bankruptcy of "Awal Gulf Manufacturing" and the unemployment of 220 Bahraini employees working there is a "government approach that favors the stranger over the local."

Senior leaders from Sudan's army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) met three times in January (2024) in Bahrain, according to sources with knowledge of the talks reported Reuters. It's the first such contact between the two warring sides in nine months of conflict.

A prisoner of conscience in Jaw Central Prison, Hussein Ali Saad, recently suffered serious heart symptoms as a result of the prison administration and Ombudsman ignoring his deteriorating health condition for a year.

Foreign Ministry's Deputy for Consular, Parliamentary, and Iranian Expatriates' Affairs Ali-Reza Bigdeli announced on Wednesday, January 31, 2024 the cancellation of visas between Iran and 28 countries, including Bahrain, starting February 4, 2024.

Bahrain dropped wo ranks from 74 to 76 out of 180 countries in the Corruption Perceptions Index for 2022.

Al-Wefaq Society denounced the vote of the appointed Shura Council, on Sunday (January 28, 2024), with a firm consensus to reject the law imposing a tax on financial transfers to foreigners, for reasons including "the law's harm to citizens."

The Bahraini National Initiative against Normalization with the Zionist Enemy, which comprises 27 political, human rights and various societies, reiterated its demands to the government of Bahrain to abolish the normalization agreement with the Zionist enemy.

The correspondent of the "60 Minutes" program on the CBS Channel, Norah O'Donnell, said that the "US Fifth Fleet in Bahrain safeguards American interests in Middle East waters, including the Red Sea," where what she dubbed "Houthi terrorists" [the Yemeni armed forces] continue to target Israeli commercial vessels."

Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim warned that "the official policy in Bahrain is continuing its comprehensive, accelerating pace of abolishing Islam with all its branches and roots," warning that "changing the Friday holiday is one of the steps of uprooting and replacing Islam."

A Bahraini court postponed today the trial session of five citizens, until February 11, 2024. The five were arrested by the authorities on charges of participating in popular protests in solidarity with the Palestinian cause and demanding stopping normalization with the Zionist entity and expelling its ambassador from the country.

A 14-year-long manhunt ended with the arrest of youth, Ali Abed Ali Abdullah (32 years old), who had been wanted in several political cases since 2010.

The capital, Manama, and various areas in Bahrain witnessed massive marches on Friday, January 26, 2024, in solidarity with the people of the Gaza Strip who have been subjected to Israeli aggression since October 7, 2023.