The Bahraini Member of Parliament Ahmed Qarata said that the government is leaning towards reducing the number of high-cost allowance beneficiaries in 2016.

The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) said that 25 arrests took place over the past week (August 17-23, 2015).

The Al-Wasat newspaper said that the wife of Khorshid Farhat, who was forcibly expelled from Bahrain, was summoned by Bahrain's Special Investigation Unit (SIU).

The wife of Farhat Khorshid, whose Bahraini nationality has been revoked, said that the social insurance refused to pay her husband's financial dues

Bahrain Mirror: The Bahraini Parliament sent an official address to the Prime Minister Khalifa bin Salman on Wednesday (August 26, 2015), calling for delaying the lift of subsidies on meat an additional month.

Bahrain Mirror: Child Abbas Mohammad Ali Hassan’s family said that they were surprised when Abbas’s father received a phone call on Tuesday (August 25, 2015) from one of the Health Ministry’s employees, informing them of the decision to transfer their son to receive treatment in Britain, a day after his demise.

Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): Amnesty International condemned on Wednesday (August 26, 2015) denying the president of the Bahrain Teachers’ Association Mahdi Abu Dheeb treatment.

Bahrain Mirror: Lawyer Abdullah Al-Shamlawi said that the fact that “a lawyer wasn’t present with the former Member of Parliament and member of Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society raises suspicions regarding the due process of interrogation.”

Bahrain Mirror: Lawyer Abdullah Al-Shamlawi considered that preventing the former Member of Parliament Sheikh Hassan Isa from meeting with his lawyer despite being in custody is a “violation of his right to defense”.

Bahrain Mirror: Bahrain’s Terror Crime Prosecution linked the arrest of former Member of Parliament and member of Al-Wefaq bloc Sheikh Hassan Isa to the suspects in Sitra bombing which left two policemen killed.

Bahrain Mirror: Bahrain’s Chief of Public Security Tariq Al-Hassan said that the security apparatus is seeking to identify the suspects involved in the bomb blast that took place in Muharraq.

Bahrain Mirror: The Education Team of the Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society unveiled that 2015 witnessed the highest rate of sectarian discrimination in scholarships compared to the past years.

Bahrain Mirror: 100 clerics, Imams of mosques and preachers in Bahrain signed a petition rejecting the Interior Minister’s statements about restrictions imposed on religious sermons.

Bahrain Mirror: Bahrain’s senior clerics expressed their refusal of statements issued by the Minister of Interior Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa regarding restrictions of religious discourse.

Bahrain Mirror: The Saudi Embassy in the Bahraini capital Manama said that a number of Saudi teachers dispatched to work in Bahrain in 2015 reached about 250.

Bahrain Mirror: Human Rights Watch said that the Bahraini authorities should vacate Sheikh Ali Salman’s conviction and release him without delay, describing his trial as “unfair”.

Bahrain Mirror: Member of Bahraini Parliament, Ahmed Qarata, said the government proposed lifting subsidies on 22 commodities and services.

Bahrain Mirror: The Bahraini Ministry of Interior announced on Sunday (August 23, 2015) that a bomb blast took place in the village of Muharraq, west of the capital Manama.

Bahrain Mirror: Member of the Ulama Islamic Council, Sheikh Fadhel Al-Zaki, said that the authorities summoned Shiite cleric Sheikh Ali Rahma for questioning over “criticizing the Jaffaria Endowments Directorate.”

Bahrain Mirror: Head of the minor committee assigned to review the redirection of subsidies and development of government revenues in the Bahraini Parliament said that the committee discussed postponing the lift of subsidies until October 2015.