Member of Al-Wefaq General Secretariat, Sayed Taher Al-Mousawi, expressed that the parliamentary proposal to change the Friday holiday to Saturday and Sunday is "strange" and its timing is "suspicious."

The former Secretary-General of "Wa'ad" Society confirmed that "the people pay the tax due to the accumulation of the government's mistakes, absence of the House of Representatives' real role, and thus the absence of citizens' role," saying: "Every 4 years, one deputy goes and another comes, and the result remains the same."

Member of the Supreme Political Council in Yemen, Mohammad Ali Al-Houthi, vowed to respond to the countries participating in the aggression against Yemen, saying: "Our response will be to the extent of Bahrain's participation in the aggression."

Australian Defence Minister Pat Conroy announced that Australia will triple the size of its military group in Bahrain through sending additional forces to the headquarters of the Combined Maritime Force, the US-led "security coalition" in the Red sea and the Gulf.

Sea freight prices in Bahrain jumper to a record high due to the operations carried out by the Yemeni armed forces against Israeli ships in the Red Sea, those heading to the occupying entity, and the American-British aggression against Yemen.

Al-Wefaq Deputy Secretary-General, Sheikh Hussein Al-Daihi, confirmed that "the blood of the martyrs Abbas Al-Samie, Sami Mushaima and Ali Al-Singace, which was shed unjustly and aggressively, is the torch that lightens our path towards justice, and it is the memory that pushes us to continue the struggle."

Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim expressed that the Government of Bahrain joining the international coalition called the "Guardian of Prosperity" is a "hideous, painful and shameful" move.

The Ministry of Interior arrested Kassim Al-Samie, brother of the martyr Abbas Al-Samie, from the bridge linking Bahrain and Saudi Arabia while traveling with his mother under the pretext of a "traffic violation."

King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa issued royal order appointing Hala bint Mohammed Jaber Al Ansari as the Advisor to the King for Cultural and Scientific Affairs.

The head of the Monitoring and Follow-up Committee at the Bahraini Human Rights Society, Zainab Al-Khamis, called on the Bahraini authorities to allow political prisoner Ali Taher Al-Shamimi to participate in the funeral ceremony for his mother, who has recently died.

The Friday preacher at the Imam Al-Sadiq Mosque in Diraz, Sheikh Mohammad Sanqour, said that "Only cowards, vile and despicable people use assassinations as a means of to attain victory," referring to the recent assassinations carried out by the occupying Zionist entity against leaders in the axis of resistance.

Several Bahraini areas and villages witnessed on Friday, January 12, 2024 protests condemning the participation of the Bahraini government in the American-British aggression against Yemen.

Sayyed Abdul Malik Al-Houthi, the leader of Yemen's Houthi (Ansar Allah) movement, described the "Al Khalifa ruling family in Bahrain" as "slaves to the Zionists," stressing that they "do not represent the people of Bahrain."

Al-Wefaq deputy Secretary-General, Sheikh Hussein Al-Daihi, considered that "the Bahraini regime's participation in the aggression against Yemen sheds light on its hostile approach."

Al-Wefaq Society condemned the attack carried out against Yemen by the United States, Britain, and several countries, including Bahrain.

US President Joe Biden announced that the "US military forces-together with the United Kingdom and with support from Bahrain,-successfully conducted strikes against a number of targets in Yemen," claiming that "the Houthis use [these targets] to endanger freedom of navigation in one of the world's most vital waterways, [the red sea]."

Political societies and independent civil society figures in Bahrain filed a report with Attorney General Ali bin Fadl Al-Buainain against all representatives of the Zionist entity participating in the genocide of the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and Palestine.

The Bahrain Center for Human Rights expressed its concern about the continued suffering of prisoners in Bahrain, including prisoner Ayoub Adel Ahmed, whose health deteriorated as a result of the Jaw Central Prison administration's neglect of his treatment.

More than 400 political detainees in Jaw Central Prison refused to receive breakfast, this morning in protest against the security isolation and to demand that they be returned to the buildings from which the prison administration took them out, and that the demands of their previous strike be responded to.

Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain condemned the Jaw Central Prison administration's punishment of political detainees who were assaulted instead of launching an investigation to hold the perpetrators accountable.