Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa said that Bahrain has compelling evidence of Iran's flagrant interference in its internal affairs.

Lawyer Mohammad Al-Jishi posted on his personal Twitter account that the King of Bahrain Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa issued a royal pardon, releasing detainee Tagi Al-Maidan, who holds the American passport and is sentenced to 10 years in prison.

11 non-governmental organizations called on the US President Barack Obama to help release imprisoned human rights activists in Gulf states, whose leaders are meeting in Saudi Arabia this month.

Twenty-five human rights activists from the Middle East and North Africa sent an open letter to the US President Barack Obama, who will meet with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) States on April 21 in the Saudi capital Riyadh.