Alyaa Radhi, wife of opposition leader Sheikh Ali Salman who is detained in Jaw prison, said that Sheikh Mirza Al-Mahrous (one of the detained figures in Jaw prison) has started an open hunger strike.

The Middle East Monitor website said that "in the latest push to strengthen economic and military ties in the Arabian Gulf, Britain is set to open a naval base in Bahrain next month."

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.

The Fifth High Criminal Court issued a life sentence against a Bahraini convicted with planting an explosive device near a Police Patrol in Karana. The court also ruled a 15-year imprisonment sentence against 4 individuals. Two other convicts under the age of 18, were sentenced to 3 years of prison

A number of detained Shiite clerics in the Central Jaw Prison, said that introducing the personal status law by the authorities aims at “weakening the opposition, and pressuring it to abandon its legitimate demands and its popular movement.”

The family of prominent opposition leader, detainee Abdulwahab Hussein, expressed their deep concern over the health of their detained son “Hussein” who is accused in the case known as “Al-Basta Group”.

Kuwait's election authorities Tuesday barred 47 candidates from contesting parliamentary polls later this month for being convicted in courts or not fulfilling nomination requirements, candidates said.

The Iraqi Counter Terrorism Service entered on Tuesday the state television station in Mosul, capturing the first important building in the Islamic State-held city since the start of the offensive about two weeks ago, a commander of the elite unit said.

The Al-Wasat newspaper said that the government issued an official decision to stop the measures of the auction that was going to be held on (November 6, 2016). Al-Wefaq headquarters movables in Al-Zinj, Karana and Al-Malikiya were supposed to be sold in the auction.

The Executive Officer of the Labor Market Regulatory Authority, Osama al-Absi, announced a date for the implementation of the flexible work permit system, specified in the second quarter of 2017.

UN Bahrain Coordinator, Amin El Sharkawi said Human Rights Council is an independent authority that is not binding or required to consult with any party, including the UN office in Bahrain or the government of Bahrain.

The First High Criminal Court upheld a 3-year imprisonment sentence against a teacher and a cleric, on charges of accommodating 3 wanted convicts.

The Bahrain Forum for Human Rights considered the charges addressed against prominent Shiite cleric, Sheikh Hani al-Bana’ “vexatious, and come in the context of consolidating the sectarian persecution status, and political revenge against the Muslim Shiite scholars in Bahrain.”

The Bahraini Fourth High Criminal Court handed down 5-year jail term to 8 suspects and 2-year jail term to 5 others over arson and assembly in Buri.

Human Rights Watch on Tuesday slammed a "well-funded" clampdown on Gulf Arab rights activists and urged the six monarchies to implement "much-needed reforms" instead of jailing peaceful critics.

The US Ambassador to the UN Samantha Power said that the prominent activists and human rights defender Nabeel Rajab is unjustly detained in Bahrain.

Duaa Al-Wadaei (wife of human rights activist Sayed Ahmed Al-Wadaei) left Bahrain on Tuesday (November 1, 2016), along with her infant baby for London, few days after she was banned from traveling.

Human Rights Watch condemned crack down on the dissidents in the Gulf States, particularly through surveilling their activism on the Internet and called on the government of these states to resort to making reforms instead of imprisoning the peaceful dissidents.

Bahrain’s Public Prosecution decided on Monday (October 31, 2016) to detain the prominent Shiite cleric Sheikh Hani Al-Banaa for 15 days after accusing him of inciting hatred against the regime and disobedience of law.

The US State Department said on (October 31, 2016) that they had representative from its embassy in Bahrain at the hearing of president of Bahrain Center for Human Rights, Nabeel Rajab.