A Qatari human rights group is hiring a Swiss law firm to help seek compensation for citizens affected by sanctions imposed by Saudi Arabia and other Arab states, two sources familiar with the matter said on Thursday.

Qatar said on Thursday it was working with the United States and Kuwait to respond to a list of demands presented by Arab states who have accused Doha of supporting terrorism, an allegation that ignited a regional crisis between the U.S. allies.

A demand by Saudi Arabia and three other Arab nations for Qatar to close down its al-Jazeera TV channel is an "unacceptable attack" on the right to freedoms of expression and opinion, the United Nations human rights chief said on Friday.

The coordination committee convened its 185 meeting, presided over by Bahrain Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, and discussed the organizational measures for the Valu-Added Tax (VAT) agreement.

The Bahrain Supreme Court of Appeal upheld a verdict issued against a Bahraini accused, along with 7 others, of burning tires in the Hamala area.

The security authorities released on Friday (June 30, 2017) Shiite cleric and preacher of Al-Kheif Mosque in Al-Dair, Sheikh Isa Al-Moamen, after finishing his 3-month jail term over a Friday sermon he delivered on the onset of August 2016.

Five human rights organizations issued a report about torture in Bahrain in which they recounted the patterns of systematic torture practiced against political prisoners in Bahraini prisons and the activists summoned by the Intelligence to force them stop their activities.

Ministry of Interior said on Thursday (June 29, 2017) that it arrested a number of people whom it accused of establishing two armed groups related to what it calls “Saraya Al-Ashtar”.

The “Middle East Eye” website said that “a member of Bahrain's royal family has appeared to admit he "beat" pro-democracy activists on London's Oxford Street and accuse British police of being "directed" by Qatar.

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has condemned the refusal of Bahraini government to lift a ban on Al Wasat newspaper, which led to its closure this week.

The United Nations Committee against Torture published in May its concluding observations on Bahrain. Its report found that torture remains “widespread” in Bahrain, where a “climate of impunity” protects the perpetrators. CAT urgently called for the release of Nabeel Rajab, indicating that numerous human rights activists and journalists have been unlawfully deprived of their liberty and subjected to torture as a form of retribution for their work.

The General Secretariat of the Higher Education Council sent a final warning to “Kingdom University” to provide all requirements of safety, security, and professionalism within 7 days, starting June 28, 2017.

Bahraini local newspaper Akhbar Al-Khaleej said that hundreds of containers filled with cargo have piled up at port after the website of the operating company (APM Terminals) was hacked.

Egypt accused on Tuesday Qatar of supporting terrorist organizations in Libya.

A senior Saudi official on Thursday denied as "baseless" a New York Times report that Prince Mohammed bin Nayef has been confined to his palace and barred from traveling abroad after being replaced by the king's son as next in line to the throne.

Qatar is ready to discuss "legitimate issues" with Arab states to end a regional crisis, but it said a list presented by them last week contained some demands that were impossible to be met because they were not true.

After eight months of grinding urban warfare, Iraqi government troops on Thursday captured the ruined mosque in Mosul from where Islamic State proclaimed its self-styled caliphate three years ago.

VICE News obtained an audio recording from Nabeel Rajab saying that “Praise to God, although I’m not feeling well physically and in pain as I’ve been in solitary confinement for a whole year, I assure you that I have very high morale because I believe in my cause and believe in the goal that we’re struggling for.”

Pakistani Foreign Ministry Assistant Undersecretary for Middle East and Africa Affairs Tasawar Khan received yesterday in his office in Islamabad the UAE Ambassador to Pakistan Isa bin Abdulla Al-Basha Al-Nuaimi, Saudi Embassy Charge d'Affaires Marwan bin Radwan Merdad, Bahraini Acting Charge d'Affaires Hamad Ahmed Al-Hashel and Egyptian Acting Charge d'Affaires Rabab Said Abdulla.

Bahrain’s Public Prosecution ordered on Wednesday (June 28, 2017) the arrest of Shiite cleric Sheikh Hasanain Al-Mhanna for 2 weeks pending investigation and transferred him to Dry Dock Prison in Al-Hidd.