Bahrain witnessed protests, coinciding with a visit paid by the Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yair Lapid, to Bahrain's capital, Manama, for the Israeli entity's inauguration of its embassy.

A Bahrain criminal court issued a ruling against five members of families of political prisoners after charging them with violating the ministerial decision banning gatherings of more than five people in public places, issued to prevent the spread of the novel Coronavirus, by fining them 1,000 dinars each.

Bahrain's Public Prosecution released on Wednesday (November 16, 2016) activist Ibrahim Al-Demistani after interrogating him over Diraz assembly case; the sit-in held outside Sheikh Isa Qassim's house.

Bahrain Mirror: Switzerland expressed “its deep concerns at the restrictions imposed by the Bahraini authorities on the right to peaceful protest, in addition to the ongoing arbitrary arrests and unjust trials.”