The Bahrain Human Rights Society said it followed up the incident of masked civilian armed forces attacking protesters staged near Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim's house in Diraz, on Thursday dawn (January 26, 2017).

Bahrain's rank witnessed a dramatic setback by 20 ranks in Transparency International's 2016 Corruption Perceptions Index. It came in the 70th rank internationally, after it was in the 50th place in the 2015 index.

Indian official, Director General Overseas Recruitment Agency of Telangana, in the Republic of India, K. Bhavani, visited Bahrain to discuss the delayed paychecks for Iranian workers in a construction company and investigate the death of an Indian worker by a teargas canister.

Today we broke the tyranny of the regime’s media, which sought staining your name and adding you to its terror blacklist. We sought adding you on the nation’s record of martyrdom, struggle and dream of a country for all.

Information reported that the young men who were detained by civilian armed forces on the dawn of Thursday (January 26, 2017), informed their families that they are held in the Criminal Investigations Department building.

Customs President Ahmed bin Hamad Al Khalifa said that most confiscated goods in one of its borderlines are drugs, especially weed, in addition to “paan”, which is banned in Bahrain.

A Bahraini court sentenced a Bahraini girl to 1-year in prison after convicting her of smuggling “weed” to her brother, who is imprisoned in “Jaw” Central Prison, according to what a local newspaper reported Friday January 27, 2017.

Head of “Batelco” Trade Union, Ali Jaafar al-Rakrak, said, “Throughout 2017, the union will tackle the issue of temporary employees with the company, to clarify the extent of prejudice practiced against them over the years of their work [in the company].”

A local newspaper reported that a Bahraini court ruled today (Friday January 27, 2017) the innocence of two defendants accused of assaulting a security officer. The Public Prosecution had accused them of hitting a security officer with a grill, leading to his injury.

British daily The Guardian reported that “Bahraini human rights activist Nabeel Rajab is facing a lengthy prison sentence simply for stating that journalists and international NGOs cannot enter Bahrain.”

Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported on Friday (January 27, 2017), that Kuwait carried out seven executions by hanging on January 25, 2017, the first time the Gulf state carried out the death penalty in four years.

A Bahraini court handed down 10-year jail term to 5 detainees and 7-year jail term to another one over acquiring explosives in Ma'amir.

Akhbar Al-Khaleej newspaper that has close ties with the Bahraini authorities said that the identities of the armed members who attacked Diraz yesterday are still unknown. It is to mention that a youth sustained a bullet in his head and was admitted to the hospital after forces attacked Diraz square.

The family tried to escape the gloominess of situation since it was their very last gathering with Ali. They wanted to show the authorities that they were neither broken nor regretful. They kept their heads held up high until the end of this final meeting.

Angry protesters clashed (Thursday January 26, 2017) with regime troops, after various demonstrations condemning civilian forces’ armed attack on protesters in Diraz.

Chairman of the Supreme Health Council, Mohammad bin Abdullah Al Khalifa, said that there is a proposal to introduce a small payment in exchange for some medical services provided for citizens.

Multi-million contracts were signed today to construct 1265 units type D11 as part of Al-Ramli housing project. The Ministry of Housing signed the construction contracts with the Saudi Development Fund (SDF).

Mostafa Hamdan’s mother said that her son kept on bleeding on the ground without any treatment before he was transferred to Salmaniya Hospital. Mostafa sustained a severe head injury after security forces open fire at protesters in Diraz.

Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society Deputy Secretary General, Sheikh Hussein al-Daihi, said in a statement that the Bahraini regime is fully responsible for the deterioration of situation in Bahrain.

The family of injured Diraz protester, Mostafa Hamdan, said that he was transferred to the International Hospital of Bahrain at 3 am, yet the hospital refused to provide treatment.