Bahrain's public prosecutor on Tuesday detained and charged a man for a tweet saying he would boycott elections this month, with a rights group identifying him as a former lawmaker.

UN Experts: Repression Campaign Took New Turn after Citizenship Revocation of Sheikh Isa Qassim, Intensified after Wa’ad Dissolution

Index on Censorship said in an article it published on its website the Farida Ghulam, the wife of Ebrahim Sharif, the former secretary-general of Bahraini opposition group National Democratic Action Society (Wa’ad), has written an open letter to political and human rights institutions worldwide calling for solidarity against the dissolution of Wa’ad.

The Bahraini court of cassation overturned on Monday (April 3, 2017) a verdict issued by appeals court sentencing the opposition leader and Al-Wefaq Secretary-General to 9 years in prison.

A Bahraini court sentenced three Shi'ite Muslim men to death on Thursday after they were convicted on charges of terrorism and involvement in 2014 bomb attacks that injured a number of police officers.

Bahrain’s top court rejected Monday an appeal by the country’s main opposition group Al-Wefaq against its dissolution over terrorism-related charges, a judicial source said.

Bahrain’s Court of Cassation rejected on Monday (February 6, 2017) request to halt liquidation of Al-Wefaq Society, Bahrain’s largest opposition society, according to lawyer Al-Shamlawi.

On the 14th of June 2016, the Bahraini authorities shut down the headquarters of the main opposition group in the country, Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, without any prior warning.

MEPs called on Federica Mogherini, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, to take rapid actions to put an end to human rights violations in Bahrain.

Bahraini authorities have put a prominent human rights lawyer on trial for charges that include insulting state institutions, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Thursday, in a further crackdown on dissent.

The Al-Wasat newspaper said that the government issued an official decision to stop the measures of the auction that was going to be held on (November 6, 2016). Al-Wefaq headquarters movables in Al-Zinj, Karana and Al-Malikiya were supposed to be sold in the auction.

Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society challenged on Sunday (October 30, 2016) the verdict issued against it, demanding its overturn.

Deputy S-G of Al-Wefaq Sheikh Hussein Al-Daihi called on the people of Bahrain and Al-Wefaq supporters to deal with Al-Wefaq suspension as “a point of failure by the authorities" and "use it to serve the interest of our national project, for the sake of shifting towards justice and democracy”.

Bahraini scholars denounced the raiding on the Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society’s headquarters (the largest opposition association) by the security authorities, and the confiscation of their belongings aiming at selling them in an auction.

Bahrain will auction the confiscated assets of the main Shiite opposition in the Sunni-ruled Gulf kingdom after it was dissolved over terrorism-related charges, a judicial source said Saturday.

The Deputy Secretary-General of Al-Wefaq, Sheikh Hussein Al-Daihi, said that the authorities’ move to dissolve Al-Wefaq, the largest political society in Bahrain, and liquidate its funds is a dangerous step.

The Bahraini authorities continue to ban Shiites from performing the largest Friday prayer in the Imam Al-Sadiq mosque by preventing the Imam of the prayer and worshipers from reaching the mosque.

A Bahraini appeals court upheld a court of first instance's verdict dissolving the country's main Shiite opposition group, Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society.

The European Union called on the Bahraini authorities to extend an invitation to the UN Special Rapporteur on torture, expressing its concern about deterioration of situations in Bahrain.

Al-Akhbar local Bahraini newspaper, which is linked to the Prime Minister, said that the lawyers representing Al-Wefaq “didn’t present their defense (brief) before the appeal court.”