[1] On 5 April, Physicians for Human Rights reported that a number of doctors had gone missing at the Salmaniya Medical Complex in Manama following recent interrogations by security forces.

[2][3] On 7 April, Doctors Without Borders released a report stating that hospitals in Bahrain were used as bait by the government to snare wounded pro-democracy protesters after security forces took over health facilities.

[9] Officials accused Nabeel Rajab of fabricating photos posted on his Twitter account of the body of Ali Isa Ibrahim Saqer, who died in detention on 9 April.

[10][11] A Physicians for Human Rights investigator and forensic pathologist inspected photographs of the body and found that they depicted severe contusions that appeared to be the result of blunt force injuries.

[12] On 11 April, four CNN reporters were arrested by Bahraini security forces in the village of Bani Jamra for filming in unrestricted areas; they were later released.

[15] The Associated Press reported that Zainab al-Khawaja, the daughter of prominent activist Abdulhadi Alkhawaja, announced on her blog, as well as on Twitter, in a letter addressed to US President Barack Obama that she would not eat until her father is released, along with her husband, brother-in-law and uncle.

[19] The university announced that due to recent events it was going to cease academic operations in Sakhir and Isa Town until further notice, not resuming courses until 15 May.

[22] In the early hours of 18 April, unknown assailants lobbed teargas grenades into the home of Nabeel Rajab, president of BCHR in the village of Bani Jamra.

To Human Rights Watch's knowledge, only Bahrain's security forces have access to the types of grenades thrown into the Rajab family's compound.

[27] According to a police statement about a crackdown on a crowd of anti-government protesters in the village of Nuwaidrat on 17 May, one protestor was injured in the head followed by the injury of nine policemen deliberately hit by a car.

[30] Four gas grenades were fired at the house at 3:30 am Saturday in the village of Bani Jamra, Bahrain, and two broke through the windows in quarters occupied by his brother, Nader, and his family.

"[31][32] On 22 May, the appeal military court (Appeal National Safety Court) changed the death penalty (originally at 28 April) for protesters Ali Qassim Hassan Mattar Ahmed and Sa'eed Abduljaleel Saeed to life imprisonment while confirming it for Ali Abdulla Hassan Alsingace and Abdulaziz Abdulredha Ibrahim Hussain.

[40][41] The order accused Nabeel Rajab for spreading false news and statements about the situation in Bahrain and promoting to hate and disrespect a specific sect.

[43][44] Several clashes erupted between protestors and security forces across Shia populated areas of Bahrain the day the kingdom officially lifted its state of effective martial law.

Security forces fired tear gas and shotguns on groups of flag-waving protesters who marched in the streets of Duraz on the outskirts of the capital Manama.

Another protest at Bab al-Bahrain after the funeral of a demonstrator injured in March was thwarted by security forces, though no shots were reportedly fired in that confrontation.

[46] Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone says October's reinstated Bahrain Grand Prix is canceled this year as the Persian Gulf nation continues to grapple with reports of human rights violations a week after the king lifted martial law imposed to quell the uprising.

"[48][49] Sheik Ali Salman, head of the Shiite political party Wefaq, gave a speech: We salute every mother who lived through the fear of having the door of her home kicked in by security forces or her children taken away.

[53] Many of them had worked at the Salmaniya medical complex in Manama, which the prosecutors claimed to have been a coordination point of the uprising where automatic weapons and ammunition had been allegedly hidden.