The Chief Prosecutor for the Ministries and Public Directorates, Mamdouh Al-Mawada, said the Public Prosecution ordered to stop the electronic system of Ruyan Commercial group, after the Consumer Protection Directorate noted that some of the group's shops are selling number of products in a different price than the real one.

Six human rights organizations issued an urgent appeal to the UN Secretary-General António Guterres urging him to immediately interfere to stop the execution of death sentences issued against 3 detainees accused of killing an Emirati officer while dispersing a protests in Manama in 2014.

Protest marched the streets of Sanabis today following unconfirmed news indicating that the authorities would soon implement the death sentences issued against 3 political detainees, including Abbas Al-Samea.

Family of death row detainee Sami Mushaima said that it met their son on Saturday (January 14, 2017) in Jaw central prison, explaining that their son did not even know about the visit that was scheduled based on a call from the prison’s administration.

Bahrain’s scholars called for staging angry protests all over the Bahraini villages, refusing the death sentences and “to save the innocent death row defendants.”

Bahraini rights activist Sayed Ahmed AlWadaei said that security authorities in "Jaw" Central Prison phones this morning the families of 3 death row detainees and asked them to be present at the prison premises. The detainees were accused of a blast claimed that lives of an Emirati officer and two Pakistani policemen.

British daily The Guardian said in a report published Friday (January 13, 2017), that, "The UK government is facing fresh questions about Britain's aid strategy after it emerged that a controversial multi-million pound program of support for Bahrain's security and justice system is being bolstered this year, even as the Gulf state reverses reforms to a key intelligence agency accused of torture."

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and French public radio broadcaster France Médias Monde (FMM) call on the Bahraini authorities to abandon their prosecution of Nazeeha Saeed on a charge of working as a correspondent for foreign media outlets without a permit.

A report issued by the British Government indicated that Bahrain spent more than 16 thousand British pounds for hosting 5 UK Members of Parliament from the Conservative Party, at its December 2016 Manama Dialogue Forum.

The Al-Wasat Newspaper said in today's issue that the 2016 report of National Institute for Human Rights did not refer to the security siege imposed on Diraz since 6 months.

Nabeel Kanoo announced on Thursday (January 12, 2017), that he resigned from him membership at the Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI), expressing discontent with the interference of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce in the chamber’s internal affairs.

The Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism closed one of “Al-Jazeera” Supermarket branches in the town of Janabiyah, under a 15-day administrative shutdown. The Ministry referred its managers to the Public Prosecution, one day after closing five branches of the Ruyan Commercial Centre.

The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) denounced the Bahraini authorities’ detention of mentally-challenged citizen, Kameel Ahmad Hamida, on December 13, 2016, demanding his immediate and unconditional release.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in its 2017 World Report that “Bahrain stepped up its repression of activists and government critics during 2016”.

The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) demanded that detainee Elias Al-Mullah (25 years old), who suffers from stage 3 cancer, receives proper medical treatment, and that his family is given his recent up-to-date medical reports on his condition.

The Middle East Eye website said that the British military “has provided training to a Saudi war crimes investigations unit headed by a Bahraini judge accused of sentencing peaceful protesters to lengthy jail terms, where they were often tortured.”

Bahrain's Ministry of Interior said on Wednesday (January 11, 2017) that it dealt using legal measures with the attempts to attack Sitra Police Station.

The Bahraini Council of Representatives (Parliament) decided to form investigative committees to look into medical services in public hospitals and medical centers and pension funds managed by the Public Authority for Social Insurance.

An eyewitness said that detainee Sayed Alawi Sayed Hussein al-Moussawi is being transferred via a wheelchair due to severe torture.

Four human rights organizations condemned the death penalty against the detainees Abass Al-Samei, Sami Mushaima and Ali Al-Singace (accused of killing an Emirati officer during clashes with protestors in a village east of the capital, Manama, in March 2014).