While Bahrainis were still exchanging New Year's greetings in 2017, the Bahraini regime surprised them with the toughest news; Abbas Al-Samie (26 years), Sami Mushaima (40 years) and Ali Al-Singace (21 years) will be the first to be executed in Bahrain within 6 years after the uprising. The authorities have not executed any political death sentences since they executed martyr Isa Kambar in March 1996.

The Bahraini authorities handed on Monday (February 27, 2017) family of martyr Sami Mushaima his belongings, one and a half month after his execution.

Authorities in Bahrain must refrain from using excessive force against protesters, Amnesty International urged as mass protests are under way on 14 February, to mark the sixth anniversary of the 2011 uprising.

The Bahraini security authorities continued to prevent families of martyrs, who were executed on January 15, from visiting their sons in the Mahooz cemetery.

The British Reprieve Organization published a petition on its website saying that “we have to do everything we can to save the man who may be next Mohammed Ramadan after the authorities executed on Sunday (January 15) three men – the first executions in the country for six years.”