Human rights groups monitored the arrest of 55 citizens within 9 days only

Head of the Legislative and Fatwa Authority, the executive director of the 2018 elections, Nawaf Abdullah Hamza, announced that the final tables for the candidates of the parliamentary and municipal elections will be announced on Sunday.

The municipal candidate for the second constituency in the northern province, and municipal candidate for the tenth constituency in the southern province won by acclamation.

British Minister of State for the Middle East and North Africa Alistair Burt said he supports banning some candidates from running for the upcoming legislative elections, reported a local newspaper.

The Bahraini Ministry of Justice announced that October 30th, 2018 will be the last day to submit appeals against the decisions issued by the supervisory committees regarding the lists of candidates.

Artist Ibrahim Bahr said that the Northern Governorate Supervisory Committee rejected his nomination papers because he belonged to the opposition Wa'ad Society, which was dissolved by the authorities.

Head of the General Directorate for Anti-Corruption and Economic and Electronic Security, Bassam Al-Maraj, said that a special hotline and e-mail had been made for "protecting the electoral process.”

Local Bahraini Al-Bilad daily said that a verdict was issued 12 days ago sentencing a candidate running in the second directorate of the capital governorate for a year in prison over giving a cheque without a balance.

The supreme committee for the general supervision of the safety of the election refused the candidacy application of each of businessman Mohammad Hasan Al-Aradi, Sheikh Mohamad Said Al-Aradi, Nader Abdulimam, Yousef Al-Buri, Hussein Al-Eskafi, Majed Taher, Ali Shamtout and Jaafar Daif.

The Bahraini Interior Minister accused on Friday (October 19, 2018) accounts managed by Iran of being behind the threats candidates of municipal and Parliamentary elections received.

The judge of the Southern Governorate Supervisory Committee, Ebrahim Al-Zayed, said that he had conducted many reading and writing exams to candidates who applied for municipal and parliamentary elections.

Bahraini football player Hamood Sultan denied running for the upcoming Parliamentary elections.

The Bahraini Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society announced the launch of a slogan about boycotting the 2018 parliamentary and municipal elections entitled "Your Voice is More Valuable." This comes in line with the popular stance and the political vision of Al-Wefaq that consider the upcoming elections illegitimate and nominal.

Al-Wefaq former MP Ali Al-Aswad said that "participating in the elections in Bahrain doesn't mean political partnership".

Eyewitnesses said that security forces attacked a peaceful protest launched from Karana and arrested at least 5 citizens, including fathers of martyrs.

Hundreds of citizens took part in peaceful protests calling for boycott of Parliamentary and municipal elections organized by the authorities next month.