Bahrain’s foreign-currency reserves tumbled 11 percent in February, extending a decline that has fueled speculation that the island kingdom would either tap international bond markets soon or seek financial support from other Gulf Arab monarchies, Bloomberg revealed.

It isn’t much good preaching about human rights and then embracing a policy conveying the message that if a country has “strong military ties” with the United States then it is of no consequence if it persists in “torture and abuse…”

King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa welcomed the Egyptian President, Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi, and said that Egypt and Bahrain were subjected to provoked events, in reference to the popular protests demanding reform in the country.

The Government of Bahrain is supposed to host an Israeli delegation on Thursday (May 11, 2017) to take part in the FIFA congress meetings.

The Secretary General of the General Federation of Bahrain Trade Unions (GFBTU), Hassan Halwachi, warned from dividing major companies, or selling some of its services, in a speech he delivered Monday (May 1, 2017), during the annual ceremony commemorating Labor Day.

Thai woman wanted for procuring young women into the flesh trade in Bahrain has been arrested at Suvarnabhumi airport by Thai authorities.

Sky News website said on Friday (May 5, 2017) that President Abdul Fattah Al-Sisi will visit Kuwait and Bahrain next Sunday.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Bahrain strongly condemned the statements made by the Ambassador of Syria to the Republic of Lebanon, which constitute an unacceptable interference in the internal affairs of Bahrain. The ministry considered that “these statements reflect a clear contradiction to the realities in the Kingdom which supports and guarantees all freedoms and rights and is a model of coexistence and tolerance among all”.

A group of NGOs issued an appeal calling on international high-ranked officials and agencies to take public actions regarding the case of Bahrain’s Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim, before his trial scheduled to be held next Sunday May 7, 2017.

Middle East Eye published a report revealing plans for building a new mosque in the Finnish capital Helsinki, with Bahraini funding. The report noted that this plan raised a lot of concerns of spreading extremist Wahhabi beliefs in the area.

The Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Twenty-Seventh session issued an unedited version of its draft report on Bahrain, on Wednesday (May 3, 2017). The 2017 recommendations seem to mirror the 2012 recommendations, as both sets line up to 176 recommendations.

It’s been 5 years since the United Nations issued 176 recommendations to the Government of Bahrain to reform the deteriorating human rights status. Bahrain has been a country full of torture, killing, labor dismissals and sectarian persecution.

The prominent Al-Wefaq leader Ali Al-Aswad said that there won’t be a solution to the crisis witnessed in the country without engaging all components of the country in managing the state and starting an inclusive political process, stressing that the crisis “would last for many years and people’s steadfastness will continue for even longer years”.

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) issued a report which is a summary of the information mentioned in the reports of treaty bodies and special procedures in the UN documents relevant to Bahrain.

Austria demanded Bahrain to immediately halt death penalties and allow the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture to visit the country.

The UK criticized Bahrain adopting policies of death penalties and citizenship revocations.

Sweden demanded Bahrain to halt dissolution of opposing political societies and lift restrictions on freedom of association and assembly, especially among Shiite citizens.

The Kingdom of Spain demanded Bahrain to develop a national machinery to combat torture and completely cancel death penalty.

Slovenia demanded Bahrain to set a timetable to implement HRC recommendations.

Montenegro welcomed the invitation extended to UN High Commissioner to visit Bahrain, stating that the visit should include Shiite villages. Meanwhile, South Korea demanded the Bahraini Government to proceed in the dialogue to face challenges and recommended it to accept the visit of UN Special Rapporteurs to the country.