The public relations director in Bahrain’s Ministry of Education denied there is a practice of discrimination against high school graduates with regards to the scholarships distributed by the ministry to top-rank students.

The Bahrain Human Rights Society (BHRS) said that it monitored 20 arrests among citizens, including prominent opposition leader Ebrahim Sharif and two children, within the second week of July 2015.

Reuters: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will seek to reassure Gulf Arab officials at a meeting in Qatar soon that Washington will work with them to "push back" against Iranian influence in the region, he told the pan-Arab newspaper al-Sharq al-Awsat.

As simple as that, Bahrain’s Education Minister, Majid Al-Nuaimi, crushed the dreams of dozens of top students who were striving to achieve an education opportunity that they will never have.

Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): The Bahraini authorities released detainee Zahra Al-Sheikh after serving a full one-year sentence in prison over charges of “unlawful assembly and assaulting policemen”.

Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): In response to a wave of questions he was asked during the past days regarding his release, the prominent human rights activist Nabeel Rajab confirmed that he did not ask King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa for a pardon.

Bahrain Mirror: Twelve non-governmental organizations have sent a letter to the United Nations Human Rights Council on July 16, 2015 regarding the human rights situation in Bahrain in which they called for the release of “human rights defenders” in Bahrain and “investigate into all allegations of torture and ill-treatment”.

Bahrain Mirror: Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged the Bahraini authorities to immediately release the political activist Ebrahim Sharif, who was arrested on July 11, 2015, in connection with a speech in which he peacefully criticized the government and called for political reform.

Bahrain Mirror: Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society said that there is widespread frustration and discontent among Bahraini families of distinct high school graduates who have been deprived of scholarships based on the policy of sectarian persecution adopted by the authorities.

AFP: The six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council on Monday protested at what it termed "contradictory" signals coming from Iran since its nuclear accord struck with world powers last week.

AFP: Authorities in Bahrain said an explosion on Sunday as a police patrol passed by in the Shiite-majority village of Ekr was a "terrorist act", adding that nobody was injured.

AFP: Bahrain summoned Iran's acting charge d'affaires Sunday to protest against its supreme leader voicing support for "oppressed people" across the Middle East including in Bahrain, state media said.

Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): To be free, Mustafa has chosen prison. He walked there with his head held high and behind the bars of the police station he waved his high school graduation certificate: Honors student but heading to prison!

Bahrain Mirror: The United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Samantha Power, criticized the Bahraini “government’s crackdown on three opposition figures.”

Bahrain Mirror: The president of Bahrain Center for Human Rights, Nabeel Rajab, said that he considers the decision to release him to be a “step he appreciates,” hoping this “eid will be a beginning to a new stage and era embodied by reconciliation.”

Bahrain Mirror: Activists on social media said that the authorities refused to allow the entry of the medications of Fadhel Abbas, the Secretary-General of the Unitary National Democratic Assemblage.

Bahrain Mirror: Amnesty International called on the Bahraini authorities to release political activist Ebrahim Sharif, former Secretary General of the National Democratic Action Society (Wa’ad), and end his ongoing prosecution.

Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): The Scottish Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament MEP, Alyn Smith, welcomed the King of Bahrain's decision to release “leading human rights defender Nabeel Rajab.”

"Why do You Want to See Your Parents When You Can't See", this is what a Bahraini police officer mockingly said to detainee Mahmoud Abdullah Al-Aradi when he asked to see his parents after he lost his eyesight because of deliberate medical malpractice by the Jaw Prison administration.

A Bahraini citizen was martyred in the early morning on Wednesday (July 15, 2015) in the Eker area as a result of a bomb blast whose circumstances are still unknown.