Demonstrators clashed with police in the Bahraini capital and neighboring Shiite villages on Tuesday, the sixth anniversary of anti-government protests that were brutally suppressed by the authorities, witnesses said.

Thousands of Bahrainis went to the streets tonight Sunday in symbolic funeral processions for martyrs Rida Al-Ghisra, Mahmoud Yahya, and Mostafa Yousef, whom authorities killed after they attempted to flee Bahrain last Thursday February 9, 2017.

Bahrain scholars called Sunday (February 12, 2017) for the participation in the “grand funeral procession” of martyrs Rida Al Ghisra, Mahmoud Yahya, and Mostafa Yousef, whom the authorities buried today in presence of only two representatives from each family.

The UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office issued an update to its report on the Bahrain situation, which included the period between July and December 2016.

Prominent detained Bahraini rights activist, Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, confirmed that the conditions in “Jaw Central Prison” are similar to how they were before the March 10, 2015 events. He noted that the offices then responsible for the prison are still committing the same violations.

Bahrain’s High Criminal Court commuted a 5-year jail sentence issued against 3 detainees, accused of planting hoax bombs, to 3 years.

Clashes erupted between police and protesters in Bahrain before a hearing in the trial of a leading Shiite cleric accused of illegal collection of funds and money laundering, witnesses said Monday. The court later announced the final hearing to be February 12, before deferring it to February 27.

In response to the Bahraini security forces firing live ammunition at peaceful protesters in Diraz, Freedom House issued a statement calling on Bahrain to halt violence against protesters.

They are afraid of you although you are lying in your grave. They are haunted by your words that hurt their tyranny.

The brutality of Jaw prison could not silence your renowned smile and laugh, as it could not quell your resilience and perseverance.

French and French speaking newspapers reported the execution of Sami Mushaima, Abbas Al-Samie and Ali Al-Singace.

The third high criminal court sentenced 4 defendants to 6 months in prison over assembling in Manama based on an invitation from Al-Wefaq Society, the largest opposition society in Bahrain, that was dissolved in the mid of 2016.

Bahrain on Sunday executed three Shi'ite Muslim men convicted of killing three policemen in a 2014 bomb attack, the first such executions in over two decades, drawing condemnation from foreign officials including Shi'ite power Iran.

The European Union said on Sunday (January 15, 2017) that it expressed concerns that the 3 dissidents executed by the Bahraini authorities did not receive their right to fair trial.

Bahrain on Sunday executed three men found guilty of killing three policemen, sparking violent protests and stoking tensions between the country's Shiite majority and its Sunni rulers.

Bahraini authorities executed three Bahraini dissidents over alleged role in killing of Emirati officer and two other policemen in political trial that based its convictions on confessions extracted under torture.

Bahrain on Sunday executed three men found guilty of killing three policemen, in a move likely to further raise tensions between the country's Shiite majority and its Sunni rulers.

Bahraini authorities put to death three men found guilty of a deadly attack on police on Sunday, the kingdom's first executions since an Arab Spring-inspired uprising rocked the country in 2011.

Takrooz (Hussein Mahdi), one of most prominent Bahraini activists on Twitter explains his harsh criticism against the ruling Bahraini regime.

Bahraini authorities have questioned detained activist Nabeel Rajab about an article under his name in France's Le Monde daily containing what they called misinformation and "false rumors" about Gulf Arab states.