Qatar said on Tuesday more Turkish troops had arrived at a military base in Doha after Ankara fast-tracked legislation last month for more soldiers to be deployed there.

Bärbel Kofler, Germany’s Federal Government Commissioner for Human Rights Policy and Humanitarian Aid at the Federal Foreign Office, expressed, on her Twitter account, disappointment over the sentence issued against Bahraini activist Nabeel Rajab.

Salam for Democracy and Human Rights said that detained Ibtisam Al-Saegh, member in Salam, launched a hunger strike against torture and maltreatment she was subjected to in the Criminal Investigation Department following her arrest.

The four Arab states leading the boycott of Qatar said on Tuesday that their sanctions on Doha would remain in place until it meets their demands and that they would keep a close eye on the tiny Gulf monarchy's efforts to fight terrorism funding.

The United States and Qatar signed an agreement on Tuesday aimed at combating the financing of terrorism, as U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson visited Doha to try to end a month-long rift between Western-allied Arab states.

Accompanied by Kuwaiti mediators, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson flew to Doha on Tuesday (July 11, 2017) for talks with the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, over the crisis.

Kuwait's ruler on Tuesday expressed "bitterness" over what he described as an unprecedented rift in the Gulf, but said he intended to push ahead with mediation efforts, state news agency KUNA reported.

Saudi Arabia executed four people convicted of terrorism in Qatif in the eastern part of the kingdom, state television said on Tuesday (July 11, 2017) quoting a statement by the Interior Ministry.

The Bahraini King’s Son and Commander of the Bahraini Royal Guard, Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa, said he recognizes “The Miracle” to be an official title for him.

If Qatar submits to the 13 unprecedented demands that Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt have made, it will cease to exist as a nation state, highlights Robert Fisk.

The sentencing of human rights defender Nabeel Rajab, in his absence, to two years in prison for TV interviews is the latest shocking display of zero tolerance for freedom of expression by the Bahraini authorities, Amnesty International said Monday (July 10, 2017).

A Bahraini Member of Parliament confirmed that the Unified Family Law, which the government referred to the Parliament, includes clauses that conflict with the Jaafari doctrine.

One of Bahrain’s most prominent activists was sentenced Monday to two years in prison in a verdict that rights groups say is the latest in a years-long crackdown on dissent that has seen all political opposition groups disbanded and activists jailed or forced into exile.

Amnesty International demanded the release of a UAE national after activists on social media called on the state to free Ghanem Abdullah Mattar, who has been arrested for sympathizing with Qatar.

Bahrain King Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa has approved the retirement request of Head of Court of Cassation, Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) Deputy President Chancellor Salem bin Mohammed Salem Al-Kawari.

The four countries boycotting Qatar said that the secret documents revealed by US-based CNN support their stance concerning Qatar.

Qatar made a series of secret agreements with its Gulf neighbors in 2013 and 2014 barring support for opposition and hostile groups in those nations, as well as in Egypt and Yemen.

The US Department of stated expressed disappointment by the verdict sentencing prominent human rights activist Nabeel Rajab to two years in prison in Bahrain. It said it “reaffirms previous calls for his release.”

A Bahrain court sentenced rights campaigner Nabeel Rajab to two years in jail on Monday, supporters said, for allegedly making “false or malicious” statements about Bahraini authorities.

A Bahraini court on Monday sentenced prominent human rights activist Nabeel Rajab to two years in jail after finding him guilty of spreading "fake news", a judicial source said.