The regime forces have been launching an arrest campaign for the second consecutive day in Karzakan and arrested on Saturday 4 members from the same family, including a woman.

The Bahraini security authorities released on Monday (August 7, 2017) Shiite cleric Sheikh Ali Naji after spending one year in prison.

Social media activist Bahrain Doctor said that the National Security Agency (NSA) has recently brutally tortured 5 citizens and asked them to totally stop their media and human rights work.

The online blogger Yousef Al-Jamri said that he lodged a complaint at the Office of the Inspector-General at the National Security Apparatus (NSA), Mohammed Rashid Al-Rumaih, against his torturers at the NSA compound.

King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa issued three decrees for 2017.

Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD) said that the National Security Agency has summoned Yousef Al-Jamri and interrogated him 3 times this week, tortured him, and threatened him with rape.

President of National Institution for Human Rights (NIHR) Saeed Al-Faihani said that the 176 recommendations issued by the United Nations Human Rights Council during the universal periodic review on Bahrain’s human rights file are not binding and are not considered a condemnation to Bahrain.

Bahrain Forum for Human Rights (BFHR) said that the security authorities are still placing Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim under house arrest in Diraz. This security harassment has been going on for more than 70 days.

Residents of Bahrain’s Bilad Al-Qadeem complained that their area has been neglected by the government, adding that there are a number of mosques prone to collapse.

Yousef Al-Jamri confirmed that he was heading to the Office of the Inspector-General to lodge a complaint against his NSA torturers.

Bahraini authorities closed the main entrance to Al-Diraz, where the country's highest Shiite religious authority, Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim resides under house arrest.

The British Vice website said that last week the British government released thousands of old files to the National Archives, where audience can now go to see them.

Responding to some of the news circulated on social media outlets at the dawn of Friday (August 4, 2017), tweeter Yousef Al-Jamri denied being arrested by security forces.

Bahraini sent video on Twitter addressing Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, asking the monarch to offer him protection from the National Security Apparatus (NSA).

The Director General of Human Resources Development and Performance Management Adel Haji Ibrahim said that the personal accounts of employees on social media represent their owners only and that employees are not allowed to publish their post, job title and official contact information related to their job.

Bahraini Interior Ministry turned main entrance to town of Diraz into a “restricted area.”

Minister of Interior Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa received on Thursday (August3, 2017) the new president of the Cassation Court Abdulla bin Hassan Al-Buainian on the occasion of his appointment in his new post.

Electricity and Water Affairs assigned Ernst & Young Company to do its internal auditing, after a meeting was held between the company’s officials and minister Abdulhussain Mirz

The Bahraini authorities released on Thursday (August 3, 2017) Shiite cleric Sayed Ali Ahmad after serving one year jail term over the background of Diraz protest.

Activists on social media posted photos showing two burnt cars owned by Shiite cleric Sheikh Ali Hmaidan, few hours after his release.