Bahrain’s prominent opposition group, Al-Wefaq, is to hold next Monday a conference in Beirut to voice rejection to US President Donald Trump’s so-called Deal of the Century.

Activists are calling attention to Bahraini detainees diagnosed with sickle cell anemia as the world marks the illness’ awareness day on Wednesday.

An unspecified number of detainees in Bahrain’s Jaw Prison have reportedly gone on hunger strike over ill-treatment.

Sheikh Isa Qassim, the spiritual leader of Bahrain’s Shiite majority, will deliver a speech at an international conference on the Islamic Resistance due be held in Iran’s central city of Qom in coming weeks.

Lebanese Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil says his country is boycotting the forthcoming US-led conference in Bahrain in support of President Donald Trump’s controversial proposal for “peace” between the Israeli regime and Palestinians, dubbed “the deal of the century,” because Palestinians are not taking part in the event.

A group of Bahraini scholars have announced in a statement that in this country, the ‎Al Khalifah regime promotes authoritarianism and tyranny ‎and has the lowest level of ‎rationality.‎

The social networking site Twitter has thrown its weight behind civil society groups and condemned Manama’s clampdown on online dissent.

Bahraini journalist, Aqeel Swar, was summoned for questioning by Manama’s security services on Saturday after criticizing the kingdom’s interior ministry.

Bahraini Shiite cleric Sheikh Yassin al-Jamri is back in detention after being summoned for questioning by Manama’s security services on Wednesday.

Bahrain’s highest religious authority, Sheikh Isa Qassim, commented Monday for the first time on the planned US-led economic conference in Bahrain, describing the initiative as “an unjust liquidation of the Palestinian cause.”

SALAM for Democracy and Human Rights is calling on Manama “to stop fabricating charges against human rights activists and journalists” after the regime leveled seemingly unfounded allegations this week against Bahrainis living exile.

Deputy Chief of Bahrain’s main opposition group, Al-Wefaq, lashed out at the Al Khalifa regime, saying it is contributing to the liquidation of the Palestinian cause through hosting the economic conference which is considered the economic aspect of US President Donald Trump’s so-called’ deal of the century’.

An unspecified number of detainees in Bahrain’s Jaw Prison are reportedly being denied contact with the outside world.

Bahrain’s Al-Wefaq opposition movement and the country’s highest religious authority, Sheikh Isa Qassim, rushed to the defense of Shiite cleric Sayed Abdullah Al-Ghuraifi, describing him as a patriot and a voice of unity.

A detainee in Bahrain’s Jaw Prison died suddenly on Thursday shortly after complaining of ill-treatment.