President of National Institution for Human Rights (NIHR) Saeed Al-Faihani said that he returned from an abroad visit that he described as more than successful. Al-Faihani said that the visit aimed at explaining facts to the officials and European organizations regarding the measures taken by each of Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, the Emirates and Egypt against Qatar, stressing that Qatar sought to attract international sympathy by trying to change the political and security case to a humanitarian and human rights one.

Sources said that the government assigned Legislation and Legal Opinion Commission to work on drafting a law that raises retirement age of employees in the public and private sectors, Al-Ayam local reported.

Four senior Shiite clerics in Bahrain issued a statement in which they announced that their opinion regarding the family law won’t change after passing it.

Shura Council approved in its session on Sunday (July 16, 2017) a bill that raises the public debt ceiling from 10 to 13 billion BD.

King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa issued Decree 44/2017 appointing undersecretary, assistant undersecretaries in the Ministry of Education.

Human Rights Watch launched a feature entitled “140 Characters” that presents the profiles of 140 prominent Bahraini, Kuwaiti, Omani, Qatari, Saudi, and Emirati social and political rights activists and dissidents, and their struggles to resist government efforts to silence them.

The Foreign Affairs, Defense and National Security Committee of the Bahraini Council of Representatives recommended the rejection of a proposed law amendment to raise the juvenile age from 15 to 18 years, similar to the Child Act.

A local Bahraini newspaper reported that the average cost of the pilgrimage to Mecca (haj) is around BD 2400 per person.

Amnesty International confirmed that detained Bahraini activist Ibtisam Al-Saegh is detained “for her human rights work”. This came in response to a statement issued by the Bahraini Embassy in the UK, claiming that “the charges against her have no bearing on her views nor her political opinions.”

The Bahraini Embassy in the UK issued a statement on its official “Twitter” account regarding “Allegations in the Case of Ibtisam Al-Saegh”.

In response to a question about detained Bahraini activist Ibtisam Al-Saegh, US Department of State Spokesperson Heather Nauert said in a press conference that the “US continues to follow that case.”

A statement issued on behalf of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (July 14, 2017) in Geneva, said that his office is “deeply concerned that Nabeel Rajab, a co-founder of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights, was sentenced on 10 July to two years in prison.

The U.N. human rights office called on Bahrain on Friday to "unconditionally and immediately" release rights campaigner Nabeel Rajab, who was sentenced to two years in jail this week.

A source in the meteorology department said that Bahrain recorded yesterday (Thursday, July 13, 2017) the highest level of temperature in the country since the beginning of summer with 47.4 degree, a local newspaper reported.

The Bahraini House of Representatives passed on Thursday (July 13, 2017) the unified family law bill in an exceptional session, despite reservations of senior Shiite clerics.

The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs urged Bahrain to immediately release Nabeel Rajab.

European Union called for release of prominent Bahraini human rights defender Nabeel Rajab, stressing that the two-year prison sentence issued against him runs against Bahrain’s international commitments.

Qatar's Permanent Representative at Arab League accused Bahrain television of terrorizing and insulting people, denying that Al-Jazeera targets Bahrain.

Public Prosecution released on Wednesday Shiite cleric, Sheikh Hani Al-Banna, nine days after his arrest on July 3, 2017, following a visit to his detained son at Dry Dock prison.

Bärbel Kofler, German Federal Government Commissioner for Human Rights Policy and Humanitarian Aid, issued a statement deploring the conviction of Bahraini human rights activist Nabeel Rajab.