Bahraini village of Diraz witnessed intensified security measures since early hours of Sunday morning (December 4, 2016).

Social media activists published on Friday (December 2, 2016) photos showing tightening of the security siege that has been imposed on Diraz since months.

Bahrain Forum for Human Rights (BFHR) said that 3-month jail term issued against Bahraini journalist Faisal Hayyat over a tweet he published his Twitter account “reflects deterioration in press freedoms”.

A Bahraini court has jailed a journalist for three months over a tweet deemed insulting to religion, Reporters Without Borders said Wednesday.

Front Line Defenders condemned in a statement it published on its website the recent judicial harassment against human rights defenders in Bahrain and all travel bans being imposed against defenders in Bahrain. The organization said it believes “that such acts are solely motivated by their peaceful and legitimate activities in the defence of human rights in Bahrain.”

Bahrain's court sentenced on Tuesday (November 29, 2016) journalist Faisal Hayyat to 3 months in prison.

Family of detainee Sayed Alawi Al-Musawi said that it received on Sunday (November 27, 2016) night a call from him stating that he is at the Criminal Investigation Department, which refutes the narrative of the National Institution for Human Rights about him being found in the Pre-Detention center in Dry Dock Prison.

The Supreme Court of Appeals supported a 5-year prison sentence against an appellant.

A Bahraini court ruled life imprisonment sentences against 6 Shiite citizens, whom it accused of attempting to bomb the town of Maamir, southeast of Manama.

The British Foreign Office raised concerns with Bahraini government over arrest of prominent Bahraini dissenter, Ebrahim Sharif.

Deputy Head of dissolved Bahraini Nursing Society, Ibrahim al-Damistani, said that he received a call to be present at the Public Prosecutions tomorrow for questioning.

Public Prosecution raised charges of “inciting hatred and contempt against the regime” against prominent Bahraini opposition figure Ebrahim Sharif on Sunday.

Bahraini Public Prosecution summoned HR activist Ahmad Al-Saffar for questioning, while activist Enas Oun left the interrogation unit.

The Bahrain Airport authorities banned deputy Secretary General of the European-Bahraini Organization for Human Rights, Fatima al-Halwaji, from leaving the country.

The aunt of detained Sheikh Mirza al-Mahrous died, after authorities did not allow him to visit her in the hospital.

The family of detainee Ali Youssef Mohammad said that the Bahraini authorities canceled his housing request, and suspended the bonus on living expenses of his wife and three children.

Bahrain Forum for Human Rights said that the constant official prevention imposed by Bahraini authorities against the Shiite citizens’ right to perform their Friday prayer rituals.

The Bahraini authorities released on Thursday Sheikh Hani al-Banaa, provided he stays under guaranteed house arrest.

Bahrain’s minor criminal court adjourned on Wednesday (November 2, 2016) the case of Bahraini Journalist Faisal Hayyat until November 29 to issue the verdict against him.

Bahrain authorities prevented the wife of a Bahraini dissident and their infant son, a U.S. citizen, from boarding a flight to London after he staged a protest against a visit by the Gulf state's king to Britain, human rights groups said.