Detained prisoner of conscience Sheikh Mirza Al-Mahrous was transferred to the Military Hospital once again after his health deteriorated due to the deliberate negligence by the Jaw Prison administration to treat him.

At least 500 prisoners are on hunger strike inside a Bahraini prison primarily used to detain prisoners of conscience, refusing food in protest at their detention conditions, the Guardian newspaper reported.

The Arab Organization for Human Rights called on the Bahraini authorities to "examine the situation" of political detainees who have been on hunger strike in Jaw Central Prison for 12 days, and called on them to "work to end the strike and respond to their legitimate demands, which represent the minimum standards for the treatment of prisoners and other detainees."

The European Union called on Bahrain to "expand measures for the release of political detainees to include imprisoned activists who suffer medical conditions."

The Friday preacher of the Imam Sadiq Mosque in Diraz, west of the capital Manama, Sheikh Mohammad Sanqour, expressed "solidarity with the prisoners" and called on the authorities to "release them all on a humanitarian basis," stressing that "Those who don't keep political score should at least have humanity."

The Deputy Secretary-General of Al-Wefaq, Sheikh Hussein Al-Daihi, confirmed that "negotiations between the detainees and Jaw Prison administration in Bahrain have not achieved any progress so far," as the detainees' open hunger strike enters its second week.

The health condition of a number of political prisoners in "Jaw" central prison who are on hunger strike has deteriorated, as detainee Jaafar Naji Ramadan faces high risk of death after his blood sugar reached 1.6.

Vedant Patel, Principal Deputy Spokesperson for the US Department of State, said on Thursday (August 18, 2023) that Washington is "aware of and concerned" of the reports of the hunger strike carried out by the detainees inside the Bahraini prisons since August 7 to demand improving their situation.

Over a dozen human rights organizations penned a letter to United States President Joe Biden, calling on the US government to press the Bahraini authorities to immediately release Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja.

The coordinating committee of the strike of political prisoners in Jaw Central Prison commended Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim's stance in support of their hunger strike, stressing that the positions he's taken in their favor "had a tremendous impact on them."

The detained figures in the "Jaw" Central Prison returned their meals to the prison administration starting Thursday, August 16, 2023 until 3 days, in solidarity with the political detainees on hunger strike in the same prison.

The United States said Thursday it has shared concern with key partner Bahrain over prison conditions after inmates announced a hunger strike over their treatment.

12 foreign detainees have joined the hunger strike of political detainees in Jaw Central Prison in support of their common humanitarian demands.

24 political prisoners in Building No. 6 Ward No. 2 in Jaw Central Prison announced their hunger strike, and 60 other prisoners announced that they would refrain from contacting their families and relatives, in solidarity with the prisoners on hunger strike.

Political prisoner in "Jaw" Central Prison, Mahdi Al-Ghawas, sent a message to the Bahrainis, in which he stressed that "those who say that we have nothing to lose are delusional, as we are exposed to retaliatory measures more than anyone outside the prison."

he Secretary General of the General Federation of Workers Trade Unions in Bahrain (GFWTUB), Hassan Al-Halwaji, stressed the need to work with the principle of equal opportunities between foreign workers and national workers, by setting a minimum wage for each profession.

The detained political figures expressed their solidarity with the hunger-striker prisoners in Jaw Prison.

Political prisoner in Jaw Central Prison Ahmed Jaafar was transferred to solitary confinement, a day after announcing his hunger strike.

No one was surprised this year, like previous years, by the continuation of discriminatory policies regarding scholarships that have been practiced in an organized and deliberate manner since 2011. The methods have changed and the policies have remained the same.

The Bahrain Human Rights Society (BHRS) said it had received numerous calls and appeals from families and others expressing grave concern about the situation of political prisoners on hunger strike in Jaw Central Prison for several days, with the aim of achieving their demands.