Activists on social media said that the Emirati authorities arrested on (January 8, 2017) citizen Ahmad Al-Ojaimi from Karana while transiting through Dubai International Airport.

King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa received on Tuesday (January 10, 2017) former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, David Cameron.

A child sustained an eye injury on Wednesday (January 11, 2017) morning due to the tear gas canisters fired by the security forces at Awal Primary Intermediate Boys School in Sitra.

Bahrain’s National Islamic Society, al-Wefaq, sent a cable of condolences to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution in Iran and Iranian President over the demise of Chairman of the Expediency Council, Ayatollah Sheikh Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.

The Bahrain Center for Human Rights said it has documented a total of 45 arbitrary arrests, among them 1 child, from various areas in Bahrain, in the period between 2 to 8 January 2017.

In response to the Bahrain government's decision to restore the authority of the domestic intelligence service, the National Security Agency, to make arrests, Freedom House issued a statement on its website.

British "Reprieve" denounced on its website the three death sentences against three Bahraini men Abbas al-Samea, Sami Mushaima, and Ali al-Singace.

UK's The Independent reported that "A British mother [Hannah James] was jailed in Bahrain after her husband accused her of adultery, her family has claimed."

King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa has sent a cable of condolences to the Iranian President Hassan Rohani over the demise of the former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.

Bahrain is hunting four suspects wanted for their alleged involvement in a deadly attack on the central prison and a jailbreak earlier this month, the interior minister said on Sunday.

The Huffington Post published (Sunday January 8, 2017) an article entitled “Bahrain, The Unspoken Revolution that will Shake Gulf Monarchies”, with reference on the geopolitical status of Bahrain and its revolution.

The Bahraini Parliamentary Services Committee approved a law proposal to amend some provisions of Decree Law No. (78) of 2006 pertaining to unemployment insurance

Yusuf Al-Muhafda, deputy head of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR), denied what is being circulated on social media and attributed to the detained activist Nabeel Rajab about Jaw incident.

Bahrain’s Prime Minister Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa called to strengthen the interests of the Kingdom of Bahrain, in accordance with those of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), while dealing with the new US administration.

Bahrain’s Interior Minister Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa said on Sunday (January 8, 2016) that a remote control airplane helped the 10 prisoners escape from Jaw prison.

An employee in the Minister of Health, Ahmad Hilal, was surprised to receive a dismissal letter on November 22, 2016 after he finished his one-month jail term over assembly.

Bahrain’s Interior Ministry said that it discovered some circumstances regarding the escape of 10 detainees from Jaw prison on January 1, 2017, indicating that some of the prison guards affiliated to the Interior Ministry were involved in helping prisoners escape.

The security authorities released on Saturday (January 7, 2017) journalist Faisal Hayyat after serving his 3-month jail verdict.

The American Freedom House organization concerned in freedom issues demanded Bahrain to cancel the decision that restores judicial competence to the National Security Agency that is involved in torture.

Senior opposition leader, ad member of “al-Wefaq” Society, Majeed Milad, said that the crisis in Bahrain is recognized by various parties.