Human Rights activists have stressed that political prisoners did not benefit from the special amnesty decree issued by Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa.

A member of the Belgian Senate, Philippe Courard, tabled a written question to the Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sophie Wilmes, regarding the current COVID-19 outbreak in Bahraini prisons.

The families of political prisoners in Bahrain continued their peaceful protests for the consecutive sixteenth day, insistently demanding the release of their imprisoned family members, who have been suffering from injustice, the effects of the pandemic and medical negligence in Jaw Central Prison.

The Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society announced that it welcomes the Statement made by the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights calling for the release of all prisoners of conscience in Bahrain, and urging an independent and impartial investigation into the death of Abbas Malallah and assessment of the health conditions in prisons that have been witnessing widespread violations.

Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim said, on his Twitter page, that "the release of prisoners of political opinion in Bahrain, and the fulfillment of just human rights and political demands for security and peace, is a pride for the nation, and the contrary is the disaster of disasters."

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) called for an independent investigation into the death of political prisoner Abbas Malallah in prison.

The head of the monitoring and documentation unit at Bahrain Center for Human Rights, Inas Aoun, said that the Center recorded, yesterday, April 11, 2021, the release of about 60 political prisoners during the past three days.

The Deputy Secretary-General of Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, Sheikh Hussein Al-Daihi, mourned martyr Abbas Malallah, saying: "How difficult it is to mourn a martyr who did not get to know the features of his children's faces before his martyrdom."

The Bahrain Press Association said it applauds "the release of some political prisoners in Bahrain under the Alternative Penal Code."

The security authorities in Bahrain released late Friday evening (April 9, 2021) 40 political prisoners, according to Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR).

The security authorities in Bahrain released Friday evening (April 9, 2021) Sayed Kamel Al-Hashemi, who was sentenced to 3 years imprisonment, of which he had served more than two and a half years.

Lawyer Abdullah Hashem mourned, via his account on Twitter, the late president of the Bahrain Fishermen Society, Wahid Al-Dosari.

A Bahrain criminal court issued a ruling against five members of families of political prisoners after charging them with violating the ministerial decision banning gatherings of more than five people in public places, issued to prevent the spread of the novel Coronavirus, by fining them 1,000 dinars each.

The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) issued a statement following the death of inmate Abbas Hasan Malallah (50) in Jaw Central Prison.

Hundreds of Bahrainis mourned on Tuesday (April 6th, 2021) in Nuwaidrat the death of martyr Abbas Malallah, who died in prison after the Jaw Central Prison administration refused to transfer him to the hospital.

The Bahraini Ministry of Interior announced on April 6, 2021 through a statement issued by the Prisons Directorate, the death of 50-year-old political prisoner, Abbas Hasan Malallah, who is from the Nuwaidrat area, married and has three children.

US Department of State issued its 2020 annual human rights report and discussed the human rights situation in Bahrain in 39 pages.

"Coronavirus is not the only threat to the lives of our children, as there are many diseases that are spreading among prisoners, due to the cells overcrowding. We tell the Interior Minister that you are responsible for what is happening to our children who were forced to confess fabricated charges under torture."

Diplomatic sources revealed that EU deputies are moving in various directions to push the EU leadership to take firmer positions with the Bahraini regime, and are coordinating efforts with other international groups to determine a serious stance towards the violations practiced against activists and political detainees.

Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim called for the release of prisoners and addressed the government of Bahrain saying "Choose between releasing prisoners and keeping them to die in prisons."