Almost simultaneously, the year 2022 witnessed the dismissal of the President of the Authority for Culture and Antiquities in Bahrain, Sheikha Mai bint Mohammed Al Khalifa, on July 21, 2022, and the arrest and detention of prominent academic Dr. Nader Kadhim on July 20, 2022, for a week, followed by his termination from his position as a professor at the University of Bahrain.

The Bahraini security authorities released prominent academic Dr. Nader Kadhim on Wednesday (July 27, 2022) a week after his arrest, while the reasons behind his detention remained unknown.

Activists have circulated news of the dismissal of Bahraini academic Dr. Nader Kadhim from his position at the University of Bahrain on various social media platforms.