Detainee Fadhel Abbas' family reiterated their demands to allow them visit their son, expressing fear over his safety, especially that he has been held since over 225 days; i.e. more than 7 and a half months. The family further stated that they couldn’t visit their son even for one time, noting that the last time they saw him was on his arrest day, on September 2016.

A governmental source (The call center) confirmed that the military judiciary will try two civilians accused by the government of “committing terrorist crimes”.

Head of Bahrain’s Military Judiciary, Brigadier General Yousef Fleifel said that “Bahrain Defense Force will join all hands to dismantle terrorism”.