The Bahraini Ministry of Foreign Affairs has strongly rejected what was said in the statement delivered by the Swiss Representative before the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on March 14 in which it included some allegations about torturing dissidents and using excessive force in dealing with peaceful protestors.

Bahrain’s Minister of Foreign Affairs slammed the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, over the speech he delivered in the 34th session of the Human Rights Council on Wednesday (March 8, 2017) in Geneva, describing his speech as “Unjustified Allegations”.

Bahrain News Agency (BNA) said that the Assistant Foreign Minister Abdulla Al-Dosari met on Wednesday (March 1, 2017) the US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Scott Busby on the sidelines of the 34th session of Human Rights Council in Geneva.

The Belfast Telegraph newspaper stated that the Police Service of Northern Ireland’s Assistant Chief Constable Alan Todd insisted that the Bahraini police were on a study visit to observe "best practice in human rights-based public order policing". He said the delegation observed public order events, followed by presentations on PSNI public order policing.

Bahrain's foreign ministry summoned Iraq's ambassador in Manama to protest against remarks by Iraqi officials denouncing the execution of men convicted of a 2014 bomb attack, state news agency BNA said on Monday.

Ambassador and Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bahrain, Abdulla Abdullatif, stressed that the Government of Bahrain is ready to discuss the UBRR report related the Universal Periodic Review of human rights, which will be discussed during the meetings of the International Council on Human Rights in February and March 2017.

Bahrain News Agency (BNA) said that the Minister of Foreign Affairs met on Sunday (November 6, 2016) the Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Abdullatif Al-Zayani, and the Ambassador of the United Kingdom to the Kingdom of Bahrain, Simon Martin.

The Israeli Haaretz newspaper said that Bahrain's Foreign Minister Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa’ tweet was the first public reaction to Peres' death by a leader of the Arab world, aside from Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.

Chairman of the Hajj delegation Adnan Al-Qattan said that the Saudi authorities released all Bahraini detainees imprisoned over “performing Hajj ritual without an authorization” after “the Bahraini embassy in Saudi Arabia followed their case”.