More than 70 members of Ireland’s Dáil Éireann (TDs) expressed serious concern over Bahrain’s suppression of civil and political society ahead of the Kingdom’s parliamentary elections in a letter to TD Simon Coveney.

Andrea Delmastro, Member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies, expressed his concerns regarding the restrictive political environment in Bahrain ahead of the upcoming elections for the Council of Representatives of Bahrain’s National Assembly in a letter addressed to Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa. The elections are due to be held on Saturday 24 November.

The polls for the parliamentary elections organized by the Bahraini authorities in 29 embassies, consulates and diplomatic missions have closed in a number of countries around the world, according to the Ministry of Justice.

The Bahraini Minister of Justice, Islamic Affairs and Endowments, Chairman of the Higher Committee for Elections, Khalid bin Ali Al Khalifa, said that the number of voters in the polling stations outside Bahrain reached more than three thousand and 334 until 9 pm on Tuesday (November 20, 2018).

The upcoming parliamentary elections in Bahrain, scheduled for November 24, 2018, are occurring in a repressive political environment that is not conducive to free elections, Human Rights Watch said in a statement.

The Executive Committee of the 2018 elections clarified that the elections abroad took place in 29 embassies, consulates and diplomatic missions of the Kingdom of Bahrain abroad on Tuesday (November 20, 2018).

The Directorate of Jaafari Endowments (Waqf) called on Bahraini citizens to actively participate in the upcoming municipal and parliamentary elections.

Bahraini Justice Minister Khalid bin Ali Al Khalifa issued a edict on the Bahrainis' vote abroad, stating that ballot boxes are to open to residents abroad on November 20, 2018.

The Bahrain Press Association called for the immediate release of former MP Ali Al-Asheeri, stressing that his arrest was "due to expressing his opinion on a general matter."

Former Al-Wefaq MP Ali Al-Aswad compared in a series of tweets the regime's project to that of the opposition, explaining that the Bahraini authorities “seek to produce elections for a parliament that has lost popular legitimacy and without any legislative or regulatory tools. Meanwhile, the opposition democratic forces in Bahrain, despite all the violations practiced against them and arrests, talk about an inclusive political project summarized by the Manama Document.”

The Sunni Endowments (Waqf) Directorate called on all citizens to participate in the parliamentary and municipal elections, saying that participation in the elections accomplishes the [country's] interest in the short and long run.

Executive Director of Legislation and Legal Opinion Commission and Elections 2018 Nawaf Abdulla Hamza said door of withdrawing nominations closed on Wednesday.

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.

Bahrain’s state-run news agency says prosecutors have detained and charged a man for tweets critical of the country’s upcoming parliamentary elections.

The Labour and Social Development Ministry issued a written circular and sent to General Federation of Workers Trade Unions in Bahrain, Bahrain Free Labour Unions Federation, and trade unions in which it banned them from conducting or participating in any electoral campaign for any candidate.

Chief Prosecutor and Head of the Public Prosecution-formed Election Crime Investigation Committee, Muhanna Al Shayji, said that the committee received a notice stating that vandals targeting billboards of a candidate running in parliamentary elections were arrested.

Number of voters in the eighth directorate in the capital governorate (Sitra) dropped by 1571 voters compared to that in 2014. However, the number of voters is supposed to increase as youth have reached legal age to participate in elections and due to adding the new housing compound in Al-Nabih Saleh to the directorate.

Three human rights organizations, Salam for Democracy and Human Rights, Bahrain Forum for Human Rights and The Gulf Institution for Democracy and Human Rights contacted international parties to inform them about why they believe the upcoming elections in Bahrain lack impartiality and independency.

The Jaffari Endowments Directorate issued a circular in which it called not to use the mosques and obsequies in the electoral propaganda.

The European Union criticized the life sentence issued by the appeals court in Bahrain against Secretary-General of the dissolved Al-Wefaq political society, who is already serving a 4-year jail sentence.