Al-Hayat Saudi Newspaper said that the Ministry of Culture and Media in the Kingdom blocked many Qatari media website for displaying incitement against Bahrain.

The Kuwaiti Progressive Movement and the Kuwaiti Democratic Platform said that they “following with great concern and regret the events witnessed in the village of Diraz, in the sister Kingdom of Bahrain.

The German Foreign Ministry urged in a statement issued Thursday (May 25, 2017), all parties to do their calculations, work towards peaceful coexistence, and return to the path of national dialogue.

Saudi Arabia on Wednesday defended the actions of Bahraini authorities who opened fire on a protest by supporters of a top Shiite cleric, killing five people.

Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani called on Egypt, UAE and Bahrain to review their stances against his country.

Saudi Arabia said that it supports what it called “the measures that Bahrain takes to protect its security, stability and safety, such as the latest measures taken by the Bahraini security apparatuses in the village of Diraz to protect public security and order.”

Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain accused the US President Donald Trump of giving their blessing for the security operation launched by the Bahraini government today Diraz.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Jawad Zarif said that the first concrete result of the US President Donald Trump’s meeting with Gulf rulers in Riyadh is the deadly attack on peaceful protesters in Bahrain today.

The first of its kind auction in Bahrain on special number plates that lasted for 2 weeks was closed on Saturday night. The auction included 30 combinations of a new series of plate numbers and was organized by Mazad Company (affiliated to Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Company) with the participation of Arabian Auction Company.

Amnesty International launched a worldwide campaign to recognize human rights defenders and protect them, stressing that they are coming under attack in more and more places, on an alarming scale in an age of fear, division and demonization.

The British Reprieve organization said that “there are worrying signs that Britain is helping to prop up Bahrain’s death penalty system,” amid the abuses taking place in Bahrain and after Bahrain carried out the politically-motivated executions of three men – Abbas Al-Samea, Sami Mushaima and Ali Al-Singace in January 2017, while two more prisoners – Mohamed Ramadhan and Husain Mousa – face imminent execution.

Summary: Prominent detained Bahraini rights activist Nabeel Rajab criticized U.S. President Donald Trump in a New York Times (NYT) column on Wednesday for selling arms to Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, with reference to their human rights records.

Jailed Bahraini rights activist Nabeel Rajab criticized U.S. President Donald Trump in a New York Times column on Wednesday for selling arms to his country and Saudi Arabia, citing of their human rights records.

In light of Bahrain's economy recently taking a hit from low oil prices, Bahrain economy expert said that the situation represents a challenge, but also an opportunity, clarifying that it would help “really push through economic reforms”.

British rights activists have called on the queen to protest against rising repression, torture and executions in Bahrain when she meets the Gulf state's king in the UK on Friday, according to Middle East Eye website.

History and International Relations Professor at the Lebanese University, Jamal Wakim, said that “there is an American effort and pressure to normalize relations between Arabs and Israel,” believing that part inventing an enemy called “Iran” and the Shiism subject, come to justify and cover these normalization processes.

A Human Rights Watch staffer said Wednesday he was barred from entering Bahrain for the annual Fifa congress in the Gulf state, which restricts access to foreign activists and journalists.

UK-based daily The Guardian said reported that “MPs and rights groups have reacted with dismay over the use of a secretive £1bn government aid and security fund to pay for a Royal Marines band to play in Bahrain for the Queen Elizabeth’s 90th birthday, despite the country’s dire human rights record.”

Human Rights Watch Israel and Palestine Director Omar Shakir said that the Bahraini authorities prevented him from entering the country as he was intending to take part in pressuring on FIFA Congress.

Bahrain News Agency (BNA) said that Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa conducted a phone call on (May 9, 2017) with Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, the Emir of Qatar.