The Bahraini security authorities launched at the dawn of Thursday (February 9, 2017) a vast campaign that led to arresting a number of citizens.

Bahrain Forum for Human Rights said Thursday (February 2, 2017) that it recorded 216 detentions within a month, indicating that detainees are subjected to torture.

Bahrain has restored arrest and investigatory powers to an intelligence agency that conducted "terrorizing" house raids and systematically tortured detainees in 2011, Human Rights Watch said today.

Family and Child Prosecution chief Moza Al-Naar said that the Public Prosecution received a notice from Hamad station stating that on January 22, 2017 at about 3:30 PM, a group of 15 persons assembled in Shahrakan and set fire to a water tank. When the policemen arrived, the protestors hurled Molotov against them.

Security forces carried out a wide raid campaign in Sitra that led to arresting at least dozens of citizens, according to information published on social media outlets.

The third high criminal court sentenced 4 defendants to 6 months in prison over assembling in Manama based on an invitation from Al-Wefaq Society, the largest opposition society in Bahrain, that was dissolved in the mid of 2016.

The Bahrain Center for Human Rights said it has documented a total of 45 arbitrary arrests, among them 1 child, from various areas in Bahrain, in the period between 2 to 8 January 2017.

In response to the Bahrain government's decision to restore the authority of the domestic intelligence service, the National Security Agency, to make arrests, Freedom House issued a statement on its website.

The Associated Press reported that Bahrain announced on Thursday that it has restored the power of its domestic spy service to make some arrests, reversing a key reform recommended in the wake of the crackdown that followed the country's 2011 Arab Spring protests.

The British Sunday Times said Bahrain terrorized a family of a political refugee after he disrupted a controversial visit by the Gulf state’s king to London.

Head of monitoring and documentation unit at Bahrain Center for Human Rights, Inas Aoun, said 22 citizens were arrested in past week

President of Bahrain Center for Human Rights and Prominent Human Rights Defender Nabeel Rajab said that his trial is malicious, and that his arrest is due to his meeting with the US Secretary of State John Kerry, during his visit to Bahrain in April.

Public Prosecution decided to detain Taiba Ismail for week pending investigation, over charges of “inciting hatred against regime”.

Bahraini authorities arrested Al-Wefaq member as he was leaving open rally area outside Sheikh Isa Qassim’s house.

The Bahraini authorities arrested Taiba Ismail on Sunday after raiding her house and confiscating her electronic devices.

Bahrain’s Interior Ministry said it arrested a suspect of shooting at police officer in Sitra on May 23.

Index on Censorship said 2015 saw increase of “the systemic use of arbitrary detention” against dissent in Bahrain.

Bahraini authorities launched in the early hours of Sunday a campaign of house raids and arrests in Sitra, which led to the arrest of at least 10 citizens.

The Bahrain Forum for Human Rights (BFHR) said that the Bahraini authorities arbitrarily sentenced 38 citizens, including 3 children, to a total of 231 years and 6 months in prison during the third week of May, 2016.

A report recently published by the Salam for Democracy and Human Rights revealed that the Bahraini authorities' targeting of the Ajam minority, who constitute 15-20% of the population in Bahrain.