Sources: Al Jazeera
Bahrain announces that all indoor gyms, indoor exercise classes, sports halls, and swimming pools will be closed from February 7 to February 21 in order to reduce the spread of COVID-19. The country also announces that government entities and institutions can allow up to 70 percent of their employees to work from home. 2021-02-5
The Obama administration urges Bahrain to free Nabeel Rajab, a human rights activist. 2016-09-7
The Bahrain High Civil Court in Manama dissolves Al Wefaq, Bahrain's main Shia opposition group, accusing it of helping to foster violence and terrorism in the Sunni-led, Shia-majority island country. The Bahraini court previously issued a three-month suspension of the group last month. 2016-07-17
Bahraini authorities strip Isa Qassim, the kingdom's most influential Shia cleric, of his citizenship after they accused him of promoting "sectarianism and violence". 2016-06-20
A teenager in Bahrain dies following an explosion in the village of Bani Jamra, east of the capital Manama. 2013-10-23
The government of Bahrain pledges to adopt most of the recommendations in a United Nations report on the country's human rights situation. 2012-09-20
Human Rights Watch calls on Bahrain to release political prisoners from the 2011 Bahraini uprising. 2011-12-16
Pakistan announces it will send more troops to Bahrain in support of the King of Bahrain Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa. 2011-08-22
Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa orders an end to the emergency law imposed after anti-government protests. 2011-05-8
Bahrain gives Abdullah of Saudi Arabia the Ajrab sword of Imam Turki bin Abdullah kept by Bahrain for 140 years and confers on him the Sheikh Isa bin Salman Al Khalifah Medal during a ceremony at Al-Sakhir Palace. 2010-04-18