The security authorities released on Saturday (August 12, 2017) neurosurgeon Dr. Taha Al-Dirazi after serving 6-month jail term over Diraz Protest.

Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) warned its citizens in Bahrain of showing sympathy for Qatar whether through social media outlets or by any other means of communication.

General Authority for Social Insurance in Bahrain revealed that the total retirement cost of the members of the Shura and House of Representatives during the past eight years (2009-2016) amounted to BD 9 million.

Activists on social media outlets expressed their concerns over health of spiritual leader of Shia majority, Sheikh Isa Qassim, who is still being under house arrest since May 23, 2017. Bahrain: Con

The Bahraini security authorities have continued on Friday (August 11, 2017) to prevent the Shia majority from performing their largest Friday prayer in the Imam Al-Sadiq mosque in Diraz that has been witnessing a security siege since over a year.

The Civil Aviation Affairs at the Ministry of Transportation and Telecommunication denied what was circulated about the opening of Bahrain’s airspace to Qatar Airways, saying that “this is incorrect and contrary to reality”.

King Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa received, at Al-Safriya Place, US Administration Special Envoy Retired General Anthony Zini and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Arabian Peninsula Affairs- Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs- Timothy A. Lenderking, who arrived in Bahrain to find out a solution for the crisis with Qatar.

Minister of Education Majed Al-Nuaimi adopted measures for allocating scholarships and grants for the 2017-2018 scholastic year.

The head of the Bahraini Hajj Mission said that any unlicensed campaign will be referred to the Public Prosecutor's Office, calling on pilgrims to register in authorized campaigns.

National Security Apparatus (NSA) summoned about 40 human rights defenders and political activists for interrogation.

The prominent opposition leader and former Al-Wefaq MP Ali Al-Aswad said that the political work will continue until people’s demands outlined the Manama document, presented by the opposition as a project to put an end to the political crisis in Bahrain, are achieved.

King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa received on Tuesday (August 8, 2017) a written letter from Kuwait’s Emir Sabah Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah about “the latest regional and international developments and issues of common interest”.

The Bahraini security authorities released on Wednesday (August 9, 2017) four Shiite clerics one year after their arrest over Diraz protest that was forcibly dispersed on May 23, 2017.

Bahrain Forum for Human Rights (BFHR) said that the Bahraini authorities are making use of their foreign rifts with Qatar to pervert justice and bring malicious charges against former Al-Wefaq leader Sheikh Hassan Isa, through leaking forged documents that haven’t been raised earlier.

A number of Bahraini campaign owners said that they received text messages from the Saudi Ministry of Hajj stating that they suspended the decision of extra fees on the Bahraini pilgrims who have already performed the Hajj pilgrimage.

Bahrain’s Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa said that the security situation has gone back to normal and that Bahrain has overcome the repercussions of the Iranian aggression against it.

Bahrain's Fifth High Criminal Court presided over by judge Ibrahim Al-Zayed with the membership of judge Wajih Al-Shaer and Yousif Bu Hardan as a secretariat adjourned the case of prominent human rights defender Nabeel Rajab to September 11 for pleading.

Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD) said that 13 British MEPs and human rights organization believe that “the Foreign & Commonwealth Office’s silence on the sentencing of human rights figure Nabeel Rajab in Bahrain has been called “appalling” in a letter to the Foreign Secretary.”

A Qatari newspaper reported that Bahrain's position towards Qatar was motivated by Saudi domination of the Bahraini decision, pointing out that Saudi Arabia puts its hand on two Bahraini islands and a large oil field.

Citizens took part on Monday (August 7, 2017) in the funeral procession of noble Ahmad bin Salloum (57 years).