Bahrain News Agency (BNA) said that the Interior Minister Rashid bin Abdulla Al-Khalifa paid a visit on Thursday (December 1, 2016) to the State of Qatar.

Amnesty International called in a statement it published on its website to urgently take action and ask the Bahraini authorities to immediately release Sayed Alawi and comply with the international laws and standards.

Bahraini authorities have put a prominent human rights lawyer on trial for charges that include insulting state institutions, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Thursday, in a further crackdown on dissent.

Local Bahraini newspaper al-Wasat said that some university staff members of the unemployed “list 1912” entitled “Empowerment List”, received a sudden notice from the Ministry of Labor informing them that their training period is terminated.

Bahrain Forum for Human Rights (BFHR) said that 3-month jail term issued against Bahraini journalist Faisal Hayyat over a tweet he published his Twitter account “reflects deterioration in press freedoms”.

Human Rights Watch said that the Bahraini authorities have charged a prominent human rights lawyer, Mohamed Al-Tajer, with offenses that violate his right to free expression.

A Bahraini court has jailed a journalist for three months over a tweet deemed insulting to religion, Reporters Without Borders said Wednesday.

Minister of the Shura and Representatives Councils Ghanim bin Fadhel Al Buainain retreated his statement regarding the formation of the Gulf union without Oman, whose position is against its formation.

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) denounced on Wednesday (November 30, 2016) the 3-month jail term against Bahraini journalist and blogger Faisal Hayyat for allegedly insulting religion in a tweet.

Bahrain’s appeals court commuted on Tuesday (November 29, 2016) the 2-year jail term against the prominent Shiite cleric Sayed Majeed Al-Mashaal to 6 months only over the charge of taking part in Diraz protest.

Front Line Defenders condemned in a statement it published on its website the recent judicial harassment against human rights defenders in Bahrain and all travel bans being imposed against defenders in Bahrain. The organization said it believes “that such acts are solely motivated by their peaceful and legitimate activities in the defence of human rights in Bahrain.”

A US magazine reported that it received an invitation to attend a ceremony hosted by the Bahraini Embassy in Washington on December 7, 2016, in a hotel owned by US president-elect Donald Trump, on the occasion of the seventeenth anniversary of his majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa's accession to the throne.

Commander-in-Chief of the Bahrain Defense Forces Khalifa bin Ahmad Al Khalifa, received the Commander of U.S. Naval Forces Central Command, and Commander of the U.S. 5th Fleet, Admiral Kevin Dongen to discuss bilateral military coordination.

President of (dissolved) Bahrain Teachers’ Association and former detainee Mahdi Abu Deeb said that Kuwait prevented him from entering its territories through the airport on Monday (November 28, 2016) night, without presenting any justifications.

A statement issued by the British Embassy said that the British Prime Minister Theresa May will visit Bahrain next week to attend the Gulf Cooperation Council summit.

Commander-in-Chief of the Bahrain Defence Force (BDF) Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa received in his office in the presence of the BDF Chief of Staff Dhiyab bin Saqr Al-Nuaimi, the Commander of the Joint Peninsula Shield Forces (JPSF) Hassan bin Hamza Al-Shehri.

46 Non-Governmental Organizations around the world called for the immediate release of Bahraini journalist Faisal Hayyat, who has been under the authorities’ arrest for more than a month over a “tweet” on his “Twitter” account.

Minister for Shura Council and House of Representatives Affairs of Bahrain, Ghanim Al-Buainain, said that the Gulf Union file will be ready at the GCC leaders’ summit to be hosted by Bahrain next month, adding that the Union might be established without Oman.

The Assistant Secretary-General for the Public Sector in the General Federation of Workers Trade Unions in Bahrain, Hussein al-Asfour, called on the Minister of Electricity and Water Abdul Hussain Mirza to intervene to end the suffering of eight employees that have been dismissed from the Electricity and Water Authority for nearly two years.

The Labor Market Regulatory Authority revealed in its statistics for the second quarter of 2016, that the Bahraini labor increased by only 1,274 Bahrainis in a whole year, in comparison with the same period of last year 2015.