The Ministry of Education announced opening the registration door for scholarships as of Tuesday (July 11, 2017), through the Ministry or Bahraini government website.

The Washington Post reported in a report that the “authorities have revoked the citizenship of 103 people so far this year, already more than in 2016.”

Women Human Rights Defenders International Coalition called for the immediate and unconditional release of human rights defender Ebtisam Al-Sayegh

Number of seafarers and fishermen demonstrated outside the Agriculture and Marine Resources Agency of the Ministry of Works, Municipalities Affairs and Urban Planning in Budaiya.

Qatari official wished Bahrain would not arrest members of the Muslim Brotherhood or shut down their newspaper

The Jaafari Endowment Council of Directors condemned an official in the Bahraini parliament for abusing and scorning Shiites.

The government amendments to the general budget draft law for the fiscal years 2017-2018 revealed an increase in the budget deficit by BD 5 million 428 thousand.

The Committee on Financial and Economic Affairs in the Bahraini Parliament approved by a majority vote to raise the public debt limit to BD 13 billion. This came during a meeting convened for the committee on Saturday (July 8, 2017).

Official representative of the Muslim Brotherhood in Bahrain, Sheikh Mohammad Khalid, said that he received an invitation from the Bahraini King’s son, inviting him to his brother’s wedding.

The Bahraini King’s son, Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa, is scheduled to get married for the second time Saturday (July 8, 2017) at the Wadi Palace in the Riffa region, south of Bahrain.

The Committee on Financial and Economic Affairs in the Bahraini Parliament agreed to pass the general budget draft law for the fiscal years 2017 and 2018.

Minister of State for the Foreign and Commonwealth office Alistair Burt said that his country is closely monitoring the suspension of Al-Wasat newspaper, the only independent newspaper in Bahrain.

Former MP and leader in Al-Islah Society, preaching branch representing Muslim Brotherhood in Bahrain, denied to have been prevented from delivering a speech in Sabeeka Al-Ansari Mosque in Isa Town, South of Manama.

The Salafist Al-Asalah Society in Bahrain demanded to transform a Shiite shrine into a security region, in the most recent violation to religious rights of Shia who complain about sectarian persecution.

Deputy Secretary-General of Al-Menbar Islamic Society (Muslim Brotherhood) Nasser Al-Fadala broke his silence and criticized the stance of some Gulf governments towards the Qatari row.

The Indian “The Times of India” newspaper said that Indian youths, who were killed while fighting for the Islamic State in Syria, were the members of an extreme Salafi group in Bahrain before they joined the outfit (IS).

The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a partnership of FIDH and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), asked its followers to address the Bahraini authorities to urge them immediately release human rights activist Ibtisam Al-Saegh

Bahrain has rearrested a prominent human rights advocate who has accused the country’s security services of torturing and sexually assaulting her during her previous arrest in May, The Guardian reported.

A Bahraini newspaper owned by the Muslim Brotherhood rejected the attack on the group, amid intensifying disputes with Qatar after accusing it of supporting the Islamic affiliation.

The Bahraini Government referred the unified family law to the parliament under an urgent status. The law articles are expected to be discussed next week.