The Bahraini security authorities investigated prominent Shiite Sayed Majeed Al-Mashaal over taking part in martyr Hussein Barakat funeral.

Hundreds of citizens staged a protest in Al-Daih on Saturday (June 12, 2021) at the end of martyr Hussein Barakat funeral ritual and chanted slogans demanding the release of political prisoners.

Detained prominent cleric Sheikh Abduljalil Al-Moqdad raised alarm over his health, holding the authorities responsible for what is happening to him.

Bahraini scholars issued on Wednesday (June 9, 2021) a statement expressing condolences over martyrdom of prisoner of conscience, Hussein Barakat, who died today after his health deteriorated due to contracting Coronavirus and was subjected to medical negligence.

A Bahraini activist serving a life sentence has died after contracting COVID-19, the interior ministry and activists said on Wednesday, as the tiny Gulf state fights a surge in coronavirus infections.

Popular crowds symbolically mourned the detained martyr, Hussein Barakat, 48, in his hometown, in Al-Daih village, west of Manama, after Bahraini security forces prevented his funeral from being held on health grounds.

One of Bahraini ruling family members participated in a symposium on what they called increase of Israeli occupation aggression.

Al-Wefaq expressed its sincere condolences and sympathy to all the grieving people of Bahrain for the great loss and painful tragedy of losing dozens of the men and women of this dear country due to the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Priti Patel hosted a meeting with a Bahrain minister blamed for the recent "torture" of political prisoners, triggering claims that she is "whitewashing abuse" in the country, The Independent has reported.

The Bangladeshi competent authorities issued a circular banning entry of travelers from 11 states, including Bahrain.

Bahrain is likely to be added to the UK's red-list as concerns rise over the Indian variant, according to Evening Standard news website.

The European Centre for Democracy and Human Rights, a non-profit organization, launched a website to document the violations political prisoners in Bahrain are subjected to, mainly Hassan Mushaima, one of the prominent opposition leaders in Bahrain.

Israel said on Monday (May 31, 2021) that it is angry at Bahrain and Sudan's support for the United Nations Human Rights Council resolution.

Government hospitals chief executive Ahmed Al-Ansari issued a circular on Monday suspending annual leaves until further notice.

Ghanem bin Fadl Al-Buainain, Minister of Shura and Parliament Affairs, considered that blaming and charging a minister by MPs is a punishment that should not be raised to a minister.

The Al-Ayyam newspaper published a piece of news on Sunday (May 30, 2021) on directives issued by the Royal Court and a circulation on hanging photos of the King and Crown Prince in governmental ministries and institutions.

The Ministry of State for Migration and Egyptian Affairs Abroad informed Egyptians willing to travel to Saudi Arabia through Bahrain during this period that the Bahraini authorities issued new regulations in this regard.

Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society Secretary-General, Sheikh Ali Salman, called on citizens to take COVID-19 vaccine and to follow precaution measures to limit spread of virus.

Bahraini actor Wafaa Maki said that she returned home despite her bad health situation due to contracting Coronavirus, adding that no health care was provided to her in the hospital she was transferred to.

Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society issued a monthly report documenting the human rights situation in Bahrain from April 1 to 30.