Bahrain witnessed on Monday (December 28, 2020) vast protests demanding the release of opposition leader, Sheikh Ali Salman, on his sixth arrest anniversary.

The Bahraini Ministry of Foreign Affairs dismissed the claim by Qatari authorities that four fighters from the Royal Bahraini Air Force have violated their airspace on Wednesday, December 9, 2020, as irresponsible and baseless.

Qatar said it informed the UN Security Council and secretary-general of violation of its airspace by four Bahraini fighter jets, Qatar News Agency announced on Thursday, December 24.

Bahrain said it will adopt a new plan to attract Jewish tourists to the country by serving kosher food, which Jews are permitted to eat according to Jewish law.

ICRF held the 8th Consultative Coordination Meeting and 10th training session entitled "Coronavirus Pandemic and Human Rights" over the past two days in Beirut, Lebanon. A number of human rights defenders and representatives of human rights organizations took part in the conference.

Interior Minister Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa issued a clear warning to the Qatari authorities and described what Qatar had done with the Bahraini fishermen as "brutal".

On December 16, 2020, 18 human rights groups sent a letter to the elected president of the United States Joseph Biden, congratulating him on his election and urging him to "ensure the return of democracy and human rights as the center of American foreign policy" amidst the deteriorating political situation in Bahrain.

The peace accords that Israel has signed with the UAE and Bahrain will serve as a foundation to expand energy trade, US Energy Secretary Daniel Brouillette said on Tuesday.

Bahrain began on Wednesday (December 16, 2020) giving the Coronavirus vaccine, as the call center affiliated with the National Medical Taskforce for Combating the Coronavirus started calling those registered to receive the vaccine.

Interior Minister Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa said that Bahrain has recently contained an armed incident in the middle of the sea with Qatar's Coast Guard, stressing that his country totally refuses these "abuses".

The United States on Tuesday designated Saraya Al-Mukhtar group as a terrorist organization, accusing it of being backed by Iran.

British Home Secretary Priti Patel was criticized after visiting a police station in Bahrain where human rights activists were tortured.

King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa received, at the Al-Safriya Palace on Sunday (December 13, 2020), his Eminence Sayed Abdullah Al-Ghuraifi.

Bahrain King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa praised Moroccan King Mohammed VI's decision to establish diplomatic relations and official connections with Israel, state news agency BNA reported on Thursday.

Al-Wefaq said that combatting corruption is not achieved without an inclusive political reform, complete separation of powers, independence of judiciary and real representation of citizens in real legislative institution and giving it legislative and regulatory powers and enabling independent and clean media to operate.

The Secretary-General of the GFBTU Abdulqadir Al-Shihabi said that the union has finished registering unemployed and noticed that there are 15,000 unemployed in Bahrain. He said that the unemployment rate is 10% and not 4%, as the Labor Minister states, adding that 70% of the unemployed don't receive unemployment allowance.

Front Line Defenders said in a statement that Bahrain is not a credible candidate for the Presidency of the UN Human Rights Council. This statement came after the government of Bahrain has nominated Ambassador Yusuf Abdulkarim Bucheeri as its candidate for the 2021 Presidency of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC).

Iran responded to demands of Bahrain and Saudi Arabia to take part in any potential US negotiations with Iran saying that these states should know their size.

An influential Saudi prince has launched a bitter attack on Israel at a regional conference, calling the Jewish state a 'Western colonizing power'.

Bahrain will not allow the import of Israeli goods produced in settlements in occupied Palestinian territory, state news agency BNA reported, disavowing comments made by the Gulf state's trade minister earlier this week.