While Bahrainis were still exchanging New Year's greetings in 2017, the Bahraini regime surprised them with the toughest news; Abbas Al-Samie (26 years), Sami Mushaima (40 years) and Ali Al-Singace (21 years) will be the first to be executed in Bahrain within 6 years after the uprising. The authorities have not executed any political death sentences since they executed martyr Isa Kambar in March 1996.

With the onset of 2017, the Ministry of Interior announced that 10 individuals fled the prison. Inmate Rida Al-Ghasra and 9 others escaped. Therefore, the prison administration and two senior officials from the Interior Minister were referred to investigation.

2017 came to put an end to public political work in the country through dissolving the National Democratic Action Society (Wa'ad), the second largest opposing society in Bahrain. On March 6, 2017, Bahraini Minister of Justice announced filing a lawsuit demanding to dissolve "Wa'ad", accusing it of "promoting forceful overthrow of political regime". The ministry said that "The society committed gross violations in breach of the Kingdom's laws, including incitement of acts of terrorism and promoting violent and forceful overthrow of political regime. The society glorified convicted terrorists and saboteurs who used weapons, detonated bombs in killing and wounding several security men, supporting parties who were legally convict

The Bahraini authorities decided to silence the last independent media voice through its decision to suspend the opposition-linked Al-Wasat newspaper, as part of the most aggressive campaign against the opposition since 2011.

The royal family in Bahrain never stopped accusing the opposition of being loyal to or working for foreign powers, in a bid to topple the regime. The accusation never changed, but the accused countries do.

A year of executions. This could probably best describe 2017, the year in which the royal family was focused on executing and killing innocent people. This is the year that started with the execution of 3 dissidents, and ended with issuing death sentences against 6 others in a military court.

2017 was an exhausting year with rougher escalating violence. The political situation ended its 6th year falling deeper into crisis, with eradicating freedom of expression and opinion, issuing harsher and retaliating judicial verdicts. Everything is heading towards ending the last margin of the "state", and in return rule with oppression, tyranny, and suppression of voices and lives.

Bahrain raised the ceiling of public debt to an unprecedented level when it approved a law to raise the borrowing limit to 13 billion dinars, which constitutes more than 80% of state revenues.

Human rights defenders and activists experienced a brutal period during 2017; torture, extortion, travel bans and attacks on homes and properties, as well as pressures and threats aimed at turning activists and rights defenders into informants.

The Bahraini authorities launched last year executing 3 young dissidents in politically-motivated cases, followed by the killing of 5 peaceful protesters in Diraz outside the house of Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim.

The Arabian Gulf University (AGU) signed on Thursday (January 4, 2018) the first of the contracts for the construction of the King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Medical City with the Saudi Fund for Development.

A Bahraini citizen resorted on (December 13, 2017) to France after being tortured and sexually harassed in a police station.

Saudi Arabia has changed the status of its national oil giant Aramco to a joint-stock company as of Jan. 1, in a key step for an initial public offering (IPO) planned for later this year.

The Ministry of Interior said that it arrested a car driver after circulating a video on social media outlets showing him racing on one of the main roads.

The Fourth High Criminal Court adjourned on Thursday (January 4, 2018) the trial of opposition leader and Al-Wefaq Secretary-General Sheikh Ali Salman and two Al-Wefaq leaders Sheikh Hassan Sultan and Ali Al-Aswad over charge of "communicating with Qatar" until January 25.

Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society said that the arrest of Deputy President of Islamic Ulama Council prominent Sheikh Mahmoud Al-A'ali for expressing support with Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim reflects the "extent of the hostility the authorities have towards religious freedoms and different opinions."

The High Appeals Court upheld a 5-year jail term against defendant accused of assembly and arson charges in Al-Sahla in 2009

Bahrain News Agency said on Wednesday (January 3, 2017) that Prime Minister Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa briefed King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa on the outcomes of his visit to Kuwait.

Bahrain’s Interior Ministry claimed that “February 14 Coalition” Twitter account is an Iranian account and is managed from Iran.

A helicopter carrying Kuwait's military chief of staff crashed in Bangladesh on Wednesday, but only one person on board suffered minor injuries, Kuwait's news agency reported.