The high appeals court upheld a verdict issued by the fourth criminal court sentencing two appellants to 15 years in prison after being convicted of carrying out a blast in Saar and acquiring explosive for terrorist aims.

The High Appeals Court rejected the objection of two suspects sentenced to 5 years in prison and upheld 5-year jail term against the third appellant over Diraz blast.

Angry protesters clashes in different areas in Bahrain with regime forces, after rallies denouncing the crime of deliberately shooting and killing the three martyrs, Rida Al Ghisra (29 years old), Mahmoud Yahya (22 years old), and Mostafa Yousef (35 years old).

Bahraini authorities refrained from providing any information about the bodies of the three martyrs, who were killed dawn Thursday (February 9, 2017), while they attempted to flee Bahrain by sea.

Bahrain’s prominent opposition figure and economist, Ibrahim Sharif, said that Bahrain is living in a state of real bankruptcy, and that it has debts amounting to more than 21 billion Bahraini Dinars.

Al-Wafa'a Islamic Party said on Friday (February 10, 2017) that the killing of martyrs Al-Ghisra, Mahmoud Yahya and Mostafa Yousif took place outside the territorial waters of Bahrain.

The third minor criminal court presided over by judge Jaber Al-Jazzar and Hussein Yousif as a secretariat handed down Mulla Hani Besira 6-month jail term over assembling in Diraz.

94 years after the tribal system in Bahraini courts was abolished, the judiciary in Bahrain is, for the first time, heading towards becoming directly and permanently under military rule.

Bahraini authorities said on Thursday that they killed three people and arrested seven others during an operation to apprehend fugitives tied to a recent prison break who were attempting to flee the country by boat at dawn.

King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa issued royal decree number 9 for 2017 promoting 359 officers of various military ranks from Bahrain Defence Force (BDF).

Bahrain’s Prime Minister Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa met Minister of Interior Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa and president of the National Security Agency Talal bin Mohammed Al Khalifa and considered “the successful security operations carried out lately”.

Bahrain said on Thursday its forces had killed three men and captured seven during a gun battle at sea as they tried to flee to Iran, linking most of the men to a deadly prison break last month.

Various areas in Bahrain witnessed angry protests on Thursday (February 9, 2017) after the Ministry of Interior announced killing 3 detainees trying to flee Bahrain by sea.

Kenya’s Citizen TV website said that world athletics governing body IAAF has frozen the transfer of allegiance in the sport day after report revealed how the Gulf State of Bahrain was recruiting young Kenyans in their scheme to establish themselves as a global force in distance running.

The Haq Movement for Liberty and Democracy expressed condolences over the martyrs Rida Al Ghisra, Mahmoud Yahya, and Mostafa Abedali, who were killed by the Bahraini coast guards while they were trying to flee the country by sea

A Bahraini court ruled Thursday (February 9, 2017) the imprisonment of medical doctor, Taha Al-Dirazi, for 6 months, over participating in Diraz protest.

The UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office issued an update to its report on the Bahrain situation, which included the period between July and December 2016.

On dawn Thursday (February 9, 2017), young Bahraini citizen Rida Al Ghisra (29 years old), along with Mahmoud Yahya (22 years old) and Mostafa Abedali (35 years old), were martyred, after being shot at by Bahraini security forces.

Bahrain-based Investcorp is responding to the election of U.S. President Donald Trump and Brexit by seeking investments in U.S. business services and British real estate, the private equity firm's Co-Chief Executive Rishi Kapoor said.

Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) said that the year 2016 witnessed an unprecedented crackdown on human rights in the Kingdom of Bahrain, indicating that the authorities widened their attacks against freedoms and opposers and arrested about 1300 citizens.