UK's The Independent reported that "A British mother [Hannah James] was jailed in Bahrain after her husband accused her of adultery, her family has claimed."

The second High Criminal Court of Appeals acquitted 5 policemen of torturing a convict in Jaw prison.

King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa has sent a cable of condolences to the Iranian President Hassan Rohani over the demise of the former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.

Bahrain is hunting four suspects wanted for their alleged involvement in a deadly attack on the central prison and a jailbreak earlier this month, the interior minister said on Sunday.

The Huffington Post published (Sunday January 8, 2017) an article entitled “Bahrain, The Unspoken Revolution that will Shake Gulf Monarchies”, with reference on the geopolitical status of Bahrain and its revolution.

The Bahraini Parliamentary Services Committee approved a law proposal to amend some provisions of Decree Law No. (78) of 2006 pertaining to unemployment insurance

A Bahraini court on Monday upheld death sentences against three people convicted of killing police including an Emirati officer in a bomb attack, a judicial source said.

The Court of Cassation upheld on Monday (January 9, 2017) the death sentence against three defendants over Al-Daih blast that killed an Emirati officer and two policemen.

Yusuf Al-Muhafda, deputy head of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR), denied what is being circulated on social media and attributed to the detained activist Nabeel Rajab about Jaw incident.

Head of Iran's Expediency Council and two-time president Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani died on Sunday (January 8, 2017) due to heart attack.

Bahrain’s Prime Minister Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa called to strengthen the interests of the Kingdom of Bahrain, in accordance with those of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), while dealing with the new US administration.

Bahrain’s Interior Minister Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa said on Sunday (January 8, 2016) that a remote control airplane helped the 10 prisoners escape from Jaw prison.

An employee in the Minister of Health, Ahmad Hilal, was surprised to receive a dismissal letter on November 22, 2016 after he finished his one-month jail term over assembly.

Bahrain’s Interior Ministry said that it discovered some circumstances regarding the escape of 10 detainees from Jaw prison on January 1, 2017, indicating that some of the prison guards affiliated to the Interior Ministry were involved in helping prisoners escape.

The security authorities released on Saturday (January 7, 2017) journalist Faisal Hayyat after serving his 3-month jail verdict.

The American Freedom House organization concerned in freedom issues demanded Bahrain to cancel the decision that restores judicial competence to the National Security Agency that is involved in torture.

The independent American journalist Anna Therese Day and three members of her camera crew were arrested, while covering protests marking fifth anniversary of the Bahraini February 14 uprising.

Senior opposition leader, ad member of “al-Wefaq” Society, Majeed Milad, said that the crisis in Bahrain is recognized by various parties.

British Prince Charles opened in November 2016 first UK military base in Bahrain since 1967, amid criticism against the support the Bahraini regime receives from the British government

US halt of arms deal with Bahrain, due to Manama’s deteriorating human rights record, was the highlight of foreign events that came in line with internal Bahraini affairs in 2016.