A special United Nations panel is urging Bahrain to immediately release imprisoned activist Nabeel Rajab, describing him as the victim of government-sponsored "persecution" for his political views in the island kingdom.

A universal economic expert said that there is nothing tangible until now about the Gulf support to Bahrain.

The Bahraini authorities released on Wednesday (August 15, 2018) Shiite cleric Sayed Mohieldin Al-Mashaal after serving one year in jail.

On the anniversary of Bahrain's independence, August 14, the Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society issued a statement, in which it stressed that Bahrain is experiencing the worst stage in its history due to the absence of state institutions and law, the collapse of coexistence between the government and a large segment of the society, the absence of national consensus and the breakdown of the social contract.

A United Nations committee sent a letter to the government of Bahrain in which it demanded to lift restrictions imposed on activist Nidal Al-Salman, including travel ban.

Egyptian Immigration Minister Nabila Makram said that she received on Monday (August 13, 2018) Bahraini Ambassador Rashid Al Khalifa to discuss the problem of terminating contracts of number of Egyptian teachers in Bahrain.

Criminal Investigation and Forensic Evidence Director-General stated that the suspect in murdering Imam of one of Muharraq Mosques (Bin Shida) entered Bahrain in 2009, adding that the suspect was under the sponsorship of the Sunni endowments directorate to work as a muezzin. The Director-General stressed that the suspect hasn’t been previously been deported from Bahrain.

Ali Mushaima, who is on hunger strike in order to demand treatment and medication right to his father Hasan Mushaima, Haq Movement Secretary General, said that the complications of his strike started to appear on him. Mushaima told Bahrain Mirror that he has lost 7 kilos since he started his hunger strike.

The Nationality, Passports and Residence Affairs (NPRA) stated that there is comprehensive security and legal monitoring of foreign travelers at ports to ensure the maintenance of the Kingdom’s security and the protection of its economy.

SALAM for Democracy and Human Rights documented 108 cases of torture, ill-treatment and denial of medical treatment by the security offices in Bahrain against political detainees and imprisoned human rights activists during June and July of 2018.

The US Department of State added the Bahraini Qassim Al-Muamen to the terrorist list being a member in “Saraya Al-Ashtar”.

Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs of political Irish party Sinn Féin said he is "deeply concerned" and "alarmed" by reports that Bahraini opposition leader Hasan Mushaima is being mistreated in prison.

Human rights activist Ibtisam Al-Saegh said that an Ethiopian female died inside one of the Bahraini prisons.

A statement issued about the meeting of the Cabinet said that the PM Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa gave directives to relocate the current scrap area in Mazraa to another site to ensure its security and administrative organisation, prevent violations and irregularities and pave the way for supervision over it.

The United Nations committee sent a letter to Bahrain demanding to reconsider the death sentence issued against Maher Al-Khabbaz.

A Bahraini official congratulated Michelle Bachelet on her appointment as the new UN human rights chief following Zeid bin Ra’ad Al Hussein and wished that her term will be distinguished by objectivity and fairness.

Lawyers criticized the work mechanisms of court in Bahrain, indicating that the judicial proceedings are slow and complicated.

The Bahraini Embassy in London poured, on Sunday (August 11, 2018), water in the passes surrounding the embassy to force Ali Mushaima leave the embassy’s surrounding, where he has been protesting since days.

Ali Mushaima said that his father told him in a phone call on Tuesday that the prison’s treatment got worse, explaining that this took place shortly after visiting the doctor in the prison’s clinic.

The Bahraini embassy in London told the Middle East Eye that the prominent dissident Hasan Mushaima has refused to attend his specialist's appointments at outside hospitals, including his scheduled PET scans scheduled last year because he refuses to wear the prison uniform.