Bahraini Minister of Foreign Affairs, Khalid bin Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Khalifa, received Special Envoy of the President of the French Republic to the Gulf, Bertrand Besancenot, to discuss the almost five-month long Qatar crisis.

The Bahraini security authorities continued raiding the citizens houses in a number of areas. At least 7 citizens, including a child, were arrested in less than 24 hours.

Northern Police Director said via the Ministry of Interior official Twitter account that “Blast heard in Shahrakan village, initial details show caused by gas cylinder, legal steps taken.”

The head of Bahrain’s public security Tariq Al-Hassan denied the circulated news stating that the security authorities recently arrested four children for political reasons, describing the reports as “paid lies”.

The Bahraini government approved toughening the penalty for “electoral crimes” for up to two years imprisonment and a 2,000 dinar fine, which is part of a bill to amend the election system of municipal council members.

The Bahraini security authorities released eulogy reciter Mahdi Sahwan on Saturday (October 7, 2017), after serving 6 months in prison for participating in the Diraz open sit-in.

The Bahrain Forum for Human Rights (BFHR) said that it documented in September 255 media materials and messages that incite or help to incite hatred, by following the publications of 4 official Bahraini newspapers and 166 accounts on social media outlets.

Bahraini citizens denounced the insulting and derogatory remarks made by the Syrian Assistant Professor in the Arabic Language Department at the University of Bahrain, Dr. Munther Al-Ayashi, against the twelfth Imam of Muslim Shiites.

The Deputy Prosecutor in the Anti-Terror Crime Prosecution, Khalid Al Tameemi, said that the Public Prosecution has completed the investigations into a terrorist explosion that killed one policemen and injured two others in Diraz on June 18.

The number of children arrested from Diraz reached 4, after the security authorities arrested Ali Abdullah Joma’a, activists stressed.

Security authorities in Bahrain continued their siege on Diraz village and continued preventing the country's Shiite majority from holding their largest Friday prayers for the 64th consecutive week.

Bahraini Ambassador to the United Kingdom Fawaz bin Mohammed Al Khalifa and Deputy Head of the Mission Hussain Mohammed Alam attended the annual conference of the ruling British Conservative Party which convened in Manchester, between 1 and 4 October.

Bahrain embassy in the USA extended condolences to the family of Mahmoud Cherif Bassiouni, the Chairman of the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry (BICI), who died at the age of 79, after struggle with illness in Chicago.

A group of British human rights lawyers have accused Bahraini oversight bodies funded by Britain’s government of violating international law by allegedly failing to investigate torture allegations against two inmates on death row.

A Bahraini MP presented a suggestion binding merchants pay to the Zakat Fund or provide proof that they distributed it in the eight deserved categories mentioned in the Qur'an.

King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa issued Royal Order 58/2017 calling the Council of Representatives and the Shura Council to convene.

The Bahraini security authorities continued on Thursday (October 5, 2017) their campaign against citizens and arrested 4 over political reasons.

The Assistant General Manager in Al-Mahd Company for Security and Safety Ahmad Kambar said that Muharraq municipality is refraining from paying its financial dues since 2015.

Female detainees in Bahrain have today declared they will go on an open strike after the authorities built an extra barrier to prevent imprisoned women embracing family members on visits.

A New York synagogue will be the first Jewish congregation to visit an Arab country in the Persian Gulf during its upcoming mission to Bahrain.