Human Rights Watch (HRW) criticized President of the Asian Football Confederation, Bahrain’s Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa, for voting against a Palestinian proposal to halt Israeli football matches on occupied territories.

The FIFA Congress was held on Thursday (May 11, 2017) in Bahrain with the participation of Israeli Football Union amid popular Bahraini rejection.

A Human Rights Watch activist said Wednesday that Bahrain has barred him from entering the tiny island nation for the annual FIFA congress as the kingdom continues a wide-scale crackdown on dissent.

Human Rights Watch Israel and Palestine Director Omar Shakir said that the Bahraini authorities prevented him from entering the country as he was intending to take part in pressuring on FIFA Congress.

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command, condemned the implementation of death sentence against 3 Bahraini youths, demanding the Manama authorities to immediately release all political detainees.

The Deputy Minister of Regional Cooperation in Israel, Ayoub Kara, revealed to Israeli newspaper Haaretz, that he was the reason behind the visit of Jewish rabbis delegation to Bahrain a couple of weeks ago.

Bahrain witnessed nationwide demonstrations as Bahrainis commemorated International Quds Day which falls on last Friday of Ramadan.

Bahrain Mirror: The national opposition democratic forces said that the Bahraini authorities banned a peaceful popular rally planned to be held outside the United Nations House on Friday (November 6, 2015).

Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon said that Iran seeks to reach Bahrain, claiming that Saudi Arabia is leading a coalition defeating Iran in Yemen.

Bahrain Mirror: A document disclosed that the Palestinian National Authority has requested assistance from Bahrain worth 4 million dollars in 2013 to build domiciles for Palestinian diplomats.

Some figures of the Muslim Brotherhood in Bahrain described the Al-Quds Library project implemented by the Royal Charity Organization headed by the King’s son Nasser bin Hamad as “normalization of the Zionist entity usurping the land of Palestine.”