The US State Department said it rejects all charges against prominent rights activist Nabeel Rajab, confirming that it is following his case very closely, is demanding his release.

Former Head of Saudi Intelligence Apparatus, Turki al-Faisal, expressed his deep concern about the future of the political situation in Bahrain, as he believed that “the Iranian power is growing in it in a worrying and dangerous way.”

Economic experts confirmed that the value-added tax (VAT), which Gulf countries intend to impose in 2018, will be borne by the end user and consumer (citizens and residents) and not the traders.

Social media users circulated a screenshot for a “WhatsApp” conversation, showing a text by deputy head of Bahrain’s Consultative Council, Jamal Fakhro, sending a picture for US model Jailyne Ojeda, and sent it as a complementary gift to the Bahrainis besieged in Diraz.

Protestors took to the street in mass protest after Friday prayer, condemning the prevention of Shia majority from holding their largest Friday prayer in the Imam Al-Sadiq mosque.

The Bahraini authorities continued its siege in Diraz that has been imposed since over 4 months. The authorities also continued to prevent the Shia majority from performing their largest Friday prayer in the Imam Al-Sadiq mosque in Diraz.

Margaret Ferrier, MP in House of Commons posted a tweet in which she said “I have today written to the PM Theresa May to demand that she raise Bahrain human rights issues with the King when she meets with him

Amnesty International said that “the Bahraini authorities must immediately and unconditionally release human rights activist Nabeel Rajab and opposition leader Fadhel Abbas, two prisoners of conscience who are facing long prison sentences for using Twitter to voice concerns about human rights abuses in the conflict in Yemen.”

United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), the Bahraini Khawla Mattar won the United Nations Secretary-General award of for courage.

UK Prime Minister Theresa May discussed with the King of Bahrain several topics, most importantly the “ongoing domestic reform program”.

The Bahraini authorities released on Wednesday (October 26, 2016), Shiite cleric Sheikh Jamil al-A’li, after having arrested him while entering the town of Diraz.

Bahrain scored among the lowest ranks in the annual report issued by Freedom House organization, after putting the country under the “Not Free” category on the level of freedom of press, and freedom of the internet.

Protesters in the British capital London threw themselves today Wednesday (October 26, 2016), at a car carrying the King of Bahrain Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, outside Downing Street; the residence of British Prime Minister.

Deputy S-G of Al-Wefaq Sheikh Hussein Al-Daihi called on the people of Bahrain and Al-Wefaq supporters to deal with Al-Wefaq suspension as “a point of failure by the authorities" and "use it to serve the interest of our national project, for the sake of shifting towards justice and democracy”.

The Gulf News “Akhbar alKhaleej” newspaper known to have close ties with Bahraini Prime Minister, said that authorities postponed the auction to sell al-Wefaq belongings, until November 6.

Bahrain News Agency (BNA) said that King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa met Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace in London.

A human rights forum is to be held in the British Capital, London on Monday (October 31, 2016) entitled “The International Human Rights Challenge on Arbitrary Revocation of Citizenship: Bahrain & The Gulf, the Dominican Republic, Myanmar and beyond”.

The security authorities in Dry Dock Prison prevented the family of activist Khalil Al-Halwachi from meeting him in an already scheduled visit.

A Salafist minister denied that Bahrain was occupied by Britain, stressing that Bahrain has been independent since Al Khalifa family came to Bahrain in 1783.

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) released today the names of the 22 nominees for the 2016 Reporters Without Borders-TV5 Monde Prize for Press Freedom, among them a Bahraini journalist facing a possible life sentence in prison, and a citizenship revocation.