The Interior Ministry said that 369 prisoners failed to apply the requirements of the Alternative Penal Code and were sent back to prison.

A former official at Bahrain's Supreme Council for the Environment criticized the government's announcement of projects to build five new investment cities by burying at least 300,000 square meters of marine space.

Ibrahim Serhan explained the details of the decree by a law recently passed by the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives, which is related to the Alternative Penal Code, pointing out that the authority to apply for alternative sentence has been transferred from prison administration to sentence execution office.

Human rights activist Yousif Al-Muhafda spoke with the Norwegian Dagbladet newspaper, which documented the corruption case about giving an international prize to former Bahraini Prime Minister Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa in return of money.

Bahrain has banned entry to travellers from four more African states, increasing the number of banned countries on its red list to 10, due to concerns over the spread of COVID-19, the state news agency (BNA) reported on Saturday, citing a decision by the Civil Aviation Affairs.

The US State Department expressed growing concerns about the worsening human rights situation in Bahrain due to continued arrests of activists and journalists, demanding the immediate release of all political prisoners.

Itay Tagner, Israel's chargé d'affaires to Bahrain, who has finished his work in the Kingdom, said that "Relations with Israel are part of Bahrain's security strategy."

The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office said "Allegations of mistreatment in detention continued to be made in Bahrain," indicating that "it monitored such cases closely, and engaged with the Government of Bahrain, Bahraini oversight bodies and international organizations on these issues."

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh responded to Bahrain's announcement that it had arrested an armed cell in Bahrain and that Iran was the source of these alleged weapons.

The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) and over a dozen human rights groups are working together on a public campaign and related advocacy for the release of prisoners of conscience.

London-based activist Ali Mushaima announced starting a hunger a strike on (November 23, 2021), in solidarity with detained academic Dr. Abduljalil Al-Singace and to demand the release of his father, Haq Movement leader who is sentenced to life imprisonment.

In a detailed report on the tenth anniversary of the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry report, the Bahrain Center for Human Rights said the full and honest implementation of the BICI 26 recommendations was supposed to pave the way for a new era in Bahrain, however, Bahrain is still in turmoil.

The Bahraini authorities are detaining Al-Ittefaq Handball club player Mohammad Habib Yehya Abdullah, 17, and it is believed that he is among the 13 detainees the Interior Ministry claimed they had formed a secret cell.

The Ombudsman said that it visited the Dry Dock Prison this month and found that inmates are receiving appropriate living and health care, stressing that the issue of the hunger strike is a voluntary option for any inmate.

Apple Company said that it filed a lawsuit against the Israeli NSO Group, manufacturer of Pegasus spyware which has been used by many countries to spy on activists, including Bahrain and the Emirates.

The Bahraini Cabinet spoke yesterday about directives issued to the Ministerial Committee for Development to launch new investment opportunities worth more than $30 billion (approximately 11 billion and 311 million dinars).

Bahrain Forum for Human Rights said that the security authorities forced educational activist Ali Muhanna to sign a pledge not to participate in peaceful rallies demanding the release of prisoners of conscience. Muhanna was arbitrary arrested on Sunday (November 21, 2021) from one of Al-Daih streets.

The Bahraini Interior Ministry carried out a vast raids and arrests campaign during which it arrested 13 citizens at least, according to news networks. It also summoned a number of citizens over taking part in anti-normalization protests, Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society stated.

Former Saudi intelligence head Prince Turki Al-Faisal asked both Israeli National Security Adviser, Eyal Hulata, and US National Security Council Coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa, Brett McGurk, during the Manama Dialogue sessions about Israel's possession of nuclear weapons.

Legal Adviser Ibrahim Sarhan said that the temporary committee for the implementation of the Child Law in Bahrain has failed to implement the law, noting that more than 140 detained children (at the time the rulings were issued) did not benefit from the law.