Bahrain’s Council of Representatives is scheduled to discuss during its Tuesday session, a proposal law requiring that 10 years pass after someone has attained the Bahraini nationality, before receiving housing services, especially housing units.

Al Khalid Mosque preacher, Sheikh Abdullah Bin Salem Al Manaei believed that giving information about the “Jaw” prison fugitives to the Interior Ministry is a “national duty”.

The Supreme Court of Appeal amended a verdict against two appellants, as they would be sentenced to 3 years in prison instead of 5, in a case accusing 11 defendants of burning tires and taking part in “illegal” assembly in the Bahraini town of Karana.

The Supreme Court of Appeal upheld a 1-year prison verdict ruled against a 22-year-old defendant accused of physically assaulting a police officer in the Dry Dock preventive detention center.

The Fifth High Criminal Court ruled a 3-year prison verdict against an underage defendant (17 years old), in a case linked to installing a fake bomb in the Bahraini town of Sitra.

Bahrain’s prosecution on Thursday extended by two weeks the detention of Shiite opposition leader Nabil Rajab over spreading “false information” about the Sunni-ruled kingdom, his lawyer said.

Human rights watchdog Amnesty International said in a report (January 5, 2016) that Bahraini activist Dr Saeed Al-Samahiji has been released after completing his one-year prison sentence.

The Minister of Interior, Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa, issued a decision imposing on all small boats, to have “wireless transmitting and receiving devices owned by the Ministry of Interior”.

Bahrain laid today (Friday January 6, 2017) the cornerstone of King Hamad University for Nursing and Medical Sciences in Pakistan.

According to Bahrain News Agency (BNA), Bahrain’s National Guard Chief, Mohammad bin Isa Al Khalifa, met during his visit to Pakistan, with Director General of the Pakistani military intelligence apparatus, and the Pakistani Chief of Staff.

The deceased Yemeni officer, Abdulsalam Al Yafei, who the Ministry of Interior claimed to have been killed in an armed raid on “Jaw” Prison last week, was buried after a funeral, in Al Haniniya cemetery in Riffa.

The year 2016 witnessed an interesting development on the level of implementing the recommendations of Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry (BICI), led by Professor Mahmoud Cherif Bassiouni in 2011.

Bahrain's prosecution on Thursday extended by two weeks the detention of Shiite opposition leader Nabil Rajab over spreading "false information" about the Sunni-ruled kingdom, his lawyer said.

Ebrahim Sharif spent one full year in prison before he was released on (July 11, 2016). He then returned to his political and media activism where his opinions on his own Twitter account were a source of nuisance to the regime.

Bahraini death row detainee Mohammad Ramadan, confirmed that the detainees in solitary confinement in "Jaw" Prison live in "terrible conditions", since 10 prisoners managed to escape last Sunday.

The Associated Press reported that Bahrain announced on Thursday that it has restored the power of its domestic spy service to make some arrests, reversing a key reform recommended in the wake of the crackdown that followed the country's 2011 Arab Spring protests.

The Ministry of Interior reiterated in a statement (Thursday January 5, 2016), its calls upon anyone with information about the 10 prisoners who escaped “Jaw” Prison last Sunday, to come forward.

The Deputy Minister of Regional Cooperation in Israel, Ayoub Kara, revealed to Israeli newspaper Haaretz, that he was the reason behind the visit of Jewish rabbis delegation to Bahrain a couple of weeks ago.

The year 2016 witnessed an unprecedented escalation of tensions caused by Bahrain against United Nations institutions concerned with human rights issues, including insults directed at UN officials such as Prince Zeid bin Ra’ad Zeid Al-Hussein.

On the 14th of June 2016, the Bahraini authorities shut down the headquarters of the main opposition group in the country, Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, without any prior warning.