In response to the Bahraini security forces firing live ammunition at peaceful protesters in Diraz, Freedom House issued a statement calling on Bahrain to halt violence against protesters.

An official in the Bahraini judiciary announced on Monday (January 30, 2017) that the court adjourned looking into the case of Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim until February 27, 2017, at the request of the Public Prosecution.

An off-duty policeman was shot dead in Bahrain on Sunday in what the interior ministry called a “terrorist act”, state news agency BNA reported, according to Reuters.

International expressed last Friday (January 27, 2017) its grave concerns that Bahraini detainee Sayed Alawi Moussawi is a victim of enforced disappearance and is at risk of torture and other ill-treatment.

The Saudi authorities began the process of demolishing the historic Al-Masora neighborhood in the town of Awamiyah in Qatif. The neighborhood dates back to 400 years and is resided by about 2000 people.

Thousands of angry protestors took to the streets on Sunday (January 29, 2017) on the eve of the new court hearing of Sheikh Isa Qassim over charge of managing Khums (Shiite religious ritual) money.

Bahrain’s clerics hailed on Sunday (January 29, 2017) the Bahraini people for their response to the shrouds protests, on the eve of the new court hearing of the highest religious Shiite authority in Bahrain, Sheikh Isa Qassim, in a show of support and readiness to sacrifice their lives for Sheikh Isa's sake.

Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa praised the high-level of combat readiness of the National Guard and hailed the roles of its members in maintaining the homeland's security and stability.

Bahrain’s Foreign Affairs Minister Khalid bin Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Khalifa expressed on Sunday (January 29, 2017) his support to the American President, Donald Trump’s measures regarding the immigrants, which sparked a wave of criticism inside and outside America.

Seven human rights organizations expressed their concern at the Bahraini authorities move to disperse Diraz protest by force, indicating that this would lead to a catastrophe, calling on the international institutions and human rights organizations to follow up the humanitarian situation in Diraz.”

The High Criminal Court issued on Sunday (January 29, 2017) life sentences against 6 suspects and bound them to pay 1551 BD. It also handed down 3-year jail term to a suspect along with a BD 200 fine and acquitted two others.

The Interior Ministry announced on Sunday (January 29, 2017) the death of one of its officer who was shot dead in Bilad Al-Qadeem.

Former Secretary-General of the National Democratic Action Society (Wa’ad) told Al-Wasat newspaper that “besieging Diraz since more than 200 days is a painful to residents of Diraz, whom we applaud their patience and determination to continue living their lives.”

Sheikh Abdullah Daqaq, Sheikh Isa Qassim's Representative in Iran, stressed on the peacefulness of shrouds protests that the Bahraini scholars called to stage on Sunday (January 29, 2016), deeming them a duty to defend the nation and religion.

The Bahraini Al-Wasat newspaper said on Saturday (January 28, 2017) that the Ministry of Interior deployed more policemen at different entrances of Diraz.

Bahrain’s scholar said in a statement on Friday (January 27, 2017) that the attack carried on by civilian forces on Diraz is “an intended crime of murder committed at the orders of officials. King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and the British security administration bear full responsibility for this crime and the security and sectarian chaos.”

Information reported (Sunday January 29, 2017) that an Interior Ministry officer was killed in a farm in Bilad al Qadeem, as a result of shooting.

A protestor stressed: “Our message is clear. We are all Mostafa Hamdan. What I am stating literally represents the protestors camping outside Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim’s house. We have readied ourselves for martyrdom. We shall not return home. We will face the gunfire with courage.”

Bahraini daily newspaper al-Wasat, said that the final account of the state in 2015 showed that the sum of salaries designated for foreign workers in the government, adds up to 133 million dinars.

UAE authorities released Thursday (January 26, 2017), Emirati academic and Political Sciences professor Abdulkhaleq Abdullah, 10 days after his detention.