The Fourth High Criminal Court decided to adjourn the trial of 169 suspects, accused of forming “Bahraini Hezbollah”, detonating bombs, attempting murder training on the use of firearms and explosives, until November 14 to summon the witnesses.

The Bahraini Public Prosecution ordered the arrest of 16 citizens from Karbabad for 7 days pending investigation over assembly charge.

The US Department of State expressed its concern by the verdict sentencing Al-Wefaq Secretary-General Sheikh Ali Salman to life in prison.

The security authorities released preacher Sheikh Abdulmohsen Mulla Atiya Al-Jamri after arresting him to present him to the public prosecution.

Amnesty International warned on Wednesday that the executions of 12 Saudi Shi’ite Muslim prisoners could be imminent, after they were sent to a secretive state security body that reports directly to the king.

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has embarked on a domestic tour this week with his favorite son, demonstrating his support for his chosen heir despite the crisis spawned by the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

Bahrain's prominent scholars called for a popular week of rage in response to what they described as "national and legitimate appeal" against normalization with Israel and the life sentence issued against Al-Wefaq Secretary General Sheikh Ali Salman.

Democrat candidate in the US elections whom Bahrain expelled in 2014, after meeting members of Al-Wefaq society, won in the elections.

France expressed its concern over the sentence issued against Sheikh Ali Salman, secretary-general of the Al-Wefaq Society, the main Bahraini opposition force.

British MP Lord Paul Scriven‏ said in a tweet that he wrote to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) to express his disappointment for their weak statement on the unlawful life sentence against political leader, Sheikh Ali Salman in Bahrain.

Number of voters in the eighth directorate in the capital governorate (Sitra) dropped by 1571 voters compared to that in 2014. However, the number of voters is supposed to increase as youth have reached legal age to participate in elections and due to adding the new housing compound in Al-Nabih Saleh to the directorate.

The Civil Service Bureau said that tomorrow, Thursday (November 8, 2018), will be the last day to apply for the voluntary retirement and that replies will be received by November 28.

Bahraini Undersecretary of Ministry of Labor Sabah Al-Dosari said that Gulf Air Company is working on proposing optional retirement to its employees, stressing that it will not oblige them to retire.

Alba CEO, Tim Murray, said that the company is working with the Bahraini government in order to exempt its exports from taxes levied on aluminium imports in the United States.

Three human rights organizations, Salam for Democracy and Human Rights, Bahrain Forum for Human Rights and The Gulf Institution for Democracy and Human Rights contacted international parties to inform them about why they believe the upcoming elections in Bahrain lack impartiality and independency.

Congressmen James P. McGovern and Randy Hultgren, Co-Chairs of the bipartisan Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission in the U.S. House of Representatives, released a letter last week asking the King of Bahrain to take all necessary steps to ensure that the upcoming elections for the Council of Representatives of Bahrain’s National Assembly meet international standards for free and fair elections.

The Jaffari Endowments Directorate issued a circular in which it called not to use the mosques and obsequies in the electoral propaganda.

The European Union criticized the life sentence issued by the appeals court in Bahrain against Secretary-General of the dissolved Al-Wefaq political society, who is already serving a 4-year jail sentence.

Human rights groups monitored the arrest of 55 citizens within 9 days only

American journalist Nicholas Kristof called to pay attention to human rights situations in Bahrain, describing what is happening in Bahrain as “appalling repression”.