Information reported that the Bahraini government paid about 395 million dinars (more than $1 billion) in 2016 as interests to lending banks.

A governmental source (The call center) confirmed that the military judiciary will try two civilians accused by the government of “committing terrorist crimes”.

Activists reported news on social media that Saudi security forces launched a large-scale bloody attack on the Al-Masoura Neighborhood in the town of Awamiyah, in the Kingdom’s Eastern province of Qatif.

UK-based daily The Guardian said reported that “MPs and rights groups have reacted with dismay over the use of a secretive £1bn government aid and security fund to pay for a Royal Marines band to play in Bahrain for the Queen Elizabeth’s 90th birthday, despite the country’s dire human rights record.”

The Supreme Court of Appeals rejected the objection of a suspect who is sentenced to 3 years in prison and commuted the 3-year jail term issued against 2 others to 6 months over an arson case.

The British Daily Mail newspaper said that Bahrain has referred its first civilian case to a military court following a constitutional amendment approved by the king last month, according to Amnesty International.

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.

A German website that the Bahraini authorities have barred German reporter from entering the country to attend the FIFA Congress without mentioning any apparent justification.

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 Supreme Court of appeals rejected the objection of a suspect and upheld a 3-year jail verdict against him.

The Supreme Court of Appeals commuted the 3-year jail term issued against 6 appellants to 2 years and upheld a 3-year jail verdict against two appellants over a case of arson and assembly in Salmabad.

An apparently mentally unstable man caused panic among passengers on an airliner heading for Cairo from Jeddah in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday when he threatened to blow up the aircraft, airport sources said.

The Supreme Court of Appeals accepted the rejections of two appellants and commuted their 2-year jail verdict to one year over arson case in Al-Malikiya.

The Supreme Court of Appeals issued its verdict in the case overturned by the cassation court, accepted, unanimously, the appeals of Maher Abbas (Al-Khabbaz) in form and upheld the death sentence issued against him over killing a policeman in Al-Sahla.

The Supreme Court of Appeals rejected the appeals of a suspect and that of 4 other appellants and upheld sentencing them to 3 years in prison over a case linked to injuring an officer in Al-Daih Blast.

Bahrain News Agency (BNA) said that Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa conducted a phone call on (May 9, 2017) with Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, the Emir of Qatar.

Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) said that “the US Congress recently reached on deal on the Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 appropriations act. Included is the Senate committee report, which mandates that the US Department of State will have to submit an updated assessment report on the Bahraini government’s implementation of the recommendations in the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry (BICI). The 2017 report is due within 45 days of passing.”

Amnesty International described referring Sayed Fadhel Abbas to military courts as “serious blow for justice” in Bahrain, indicating that there are fears of him being subjected to torture.

Bahraini authorities banned Tuesday (May 9, 2017) 4 opposition activists from travelling; a step that had caused vast criticism by the Human Rights Council this month.

Bahrain’s foreign-currency reserves tumbled 11 percent in February, extending a decline that has fueled speculation that the island kingdom would either tap international bond markets soon or seek financial support from other Gulf Arab monarchies, Bloomberg revealed.