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].”

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.”

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.

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.

Civilian forces attacked on Thursday (January 26, 2017) protestors outside the house of the highest religious authority in Bahrain, Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim. It is to mention that this is the second attack carried out against Diraz protest.

Police in Bahrain carried out a dawn raid Thursday against supporters of a Shiite cleric on trial in the Sunni-ruled kingdom during which one man was shot and wounded, witnesses said.

Security forces wearing black ski masks clashed with protesters near the home of a prominent Shiite cleric in Bahrain early Thursday, activists said.

Family of Mostafa Hamadan (17 years) who was injured in Diraz attack is still under anaesthesia and artificial ventilation. The bullet is still lodged in his skull. Doctors couldn’t extract the bullet due to Hamdan’s young age and body weakness.

Information from Jaw Central Prison revealed that there is significant deterioration in political prisoners’ conditions, especially in building number 10 in which some of its detainees were tortured and put in solitary confinement.

Information revealed that the health condition of Mostafa Hamdan (18 years) is unstable. Hamdan was injured in Diraz attack and he is now in the intensive care unit in Al-Salmaniya Medical Complex under general anesthesia.

Haq movement condemned the attack carried out by the Bahraini authorities against the protestors in Diraz field, stressing that this is a heinous crime committed amid international silence.

Two United Nations human rights experts have appealed today to the Government of Bahrain to spare the lives of Mohammad Ramadan and Hussein Moosa, who are at risk of imminent execution, and to ensure a re-trial of the defendants in compliance with international standards.

Index and Censorship called on Bahrain to immediately drop all charges against Nabeel Rajab.

Member of the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry (BICI), British Professor, Sir Nigel Simon Rodley, passed away Wednesday (January 25, 2017).

The British Reprieve Organization published a petition on its website saying that “we have to do everything we can to save the man who may be next Mohammed Ramadan after the authorities executed on Sunday (January 15) three men – the first executions in the country for six years.”