Human Rights Watch (HRW) condemned the verdict issued today by a Bahraini court, sentencing prominent human rights defender Nabeel Rajab, to two years in prison.

The Legislative and Legal Affairs’ Parliamentary Committee approved the new Unified Family Law recently referred to it by the government.

A Bahraini court sentenced prominent human rights activist and president of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) Nabeel Rajab, to a two-year prison term, in a case involving television interviews in 2015 and 2016, which the authorities said would "undermine its prestige".

The Shura Council approved on Sunday (July 9, 2017) a Decree Law to suspend pension benefits for those whose citizenships are revoked, and raised the approval to the King to be ratified.

The Electricity & Water Authority denied on Sunday (July 9, 2017) raising the cost on electricity and water for Bahraini users, noting that the cost is printed on the back of electricity and water bills for years.

The Ministry of Education announced opening the registration door for scholarships as of Tuesday (July 11, 2017), through the Ministry or Bahraini government website.

The Washington Post reported in a report that the “authorities have revoked the citizenship of 103 people so far this year, already more than in 2016.”

Although Bahrain issued the first statement announcing the severing of ties with Qatar, the island kingdom remained excluded from the deliberations regarding the Qatar crisis.

More than a month since the start of the diplomatic crisis gripping the Gulf, hopes of a swift resolution seem as remote as a summer downpour in the desert.

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi arrived in Mosul on Sunday and congratulated the armed forces for their "victory" over Islamic State after nearly nine months of urban warfare, bringing an end to jihadist rule in the city.

Women Human Rights Defenders International Coalition called for the immediate and unconditional release of human rights defender Ebtisam Al-Sayegh

Number of seafarers and fishermen demonstrated outside the Agriculture and Marine Resources Agency of the Ministry of Works, Municipalities Affairs and Urban Planning in Budaiya.

British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has called on Saudi Arabia and its Persian Gulf allies to end their blockade and siege of Qatar, playing down the possibility of a military escalation between the two sides.

Qatari official wished Bahrain would not arrest members of the Muslim Brotherhood or shut down their newspaper

The Jaafari Endowment Council of Directors condemned an official in the Bahraini parliament for abusing and scorning Shiites.

The government amendments to the general budget draft law for the fiscal years 2017-2018 revealed an increase in the budget deficit by BD 5 million 428 thousand.

The Committee on Financial and Economic Affairs in the Bahraini Parliament approved by a majority vote to raise the public debt limit to BD 13 billion. This came during a meeting convened for the committee on Saturday (July 8, 2017).

Official representative of the Muslim Brotherhood in Bahrain, Sheikh Mohammad Khalid, said that he received an invitation from the Bahraini King’s son, inviting him to his brother’s wedding.

The Bahraini King’s son, Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa, is scheduled to get married for the second time Saturday (July 8, 2017) at the Wadi Palace in the Riffa region, south of Bahrain.

The Committee on Financial and Economic Affairs in the Bahraini Parliament agreed to pass the general budget draft law for the fiscal years 2017 and 2018.