The Bahraini Public Prosecution claimed that the highest Shiite religious authority in Bahrain, Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim, did not refuse to attend the questioning and trial hearings, adding that "it is true he did not attend the interrogation because he was ill, as one of his lawyers reported at the time."

The third minor criminal court presided over by judge Jaber Al-Jazzar set October 6, 2016 as a date to look into the second case of the head of Ulama Islamic Council Sayyed Majeed Al-Mashaal related to charges of assembling, rioting, inciting hatred against the regime, and joining an unauthorized assembly in Diraz.

Al-Akhbar local Bahraini newspaper, which is linked to the Prime Minister, said that the lawyers representing Al-Wefaq “didn’t present their defense (brief) before the appeal court.”

The Public Prosecution questioned on Friday (September 16, 2016) the opposition leader and Secretary-General of Al-Wefaq Society Sheikh Ali Salman over a letter he addressed to the UNHRC held in Geneva.

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”.

The Guardian Newspaper stated that “Human rights groups have written to 50 states urging them to call on the Bahraini authorities to release Nabeel Rajab, who is facing up to 15 years’ in jail for comments he made on Twitter.”

The Bahraini Al-Wasat newspaper quoted Abdullah Hachem, lawyer of extremist groups in Bahrain, saying that “the Saudi authorities released on Tuesday (September 13, 2016) the Bahraini citizen Abdurrahim Al-Murbati after spending more than 13 years in Dammam’s prison.”

The Belfast Telegraph website stated that “the Irish Judge Grainne O'Neill refused the request to order the Bahraini Attorney General, Ali Al-Buainain, to appear on complaints of torture, conspiracy to torture and aiding and abetting torture.”

Bahraini opposition leader’s wife said she received phone call stating that Sheikh Ali Salman was referred to Criminal Investigations Department.

Al-Wasat local Bahraini newspaper reported that at least 20 Bahrainis were taken into custody in Saudi Arabia in past few days.

The minor criminal court adjourned on Thursday (September 8, 2016) the trial of detained Shiite cleric Imad Al-Shaala until September 20 with his continued detention.

The minor criminal court adjourned on Thursday (September 8, 2016) the trial of detained Shiite cleric and prominent preacher Sheikh Mounir Al-Maatouk until September 20 with his continued detention.

The minor criminal court adjourned on Thursday (September 8, 2016) the trial of detained Shiite Sheikh Ali Naji (Al-Himli) until September 20 with his continued detention.

The Minor Criminal Court presided over by Judge Ibrahim Al-Jifin and Hussein Hammad as secretariat, adjourned on Wednesday (September 7, 2016), the trial of prominent Shiite cleric and head of the Imam Baqir Hawza, Sheikh Mohammad Jawad Al-Shihabi.

Al-Kuwari said SIU received, during August, 26 complaints that varied between allegations of torture and ill-treatment.

The Appeal Civil Court adjourned in its first hearing on Tuesday (September 6, 2016) the case of dissolving Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society until September 22.

The high Criminal Court set October 6, 2016 as a date to announce its verdict in the trial of the President of Bahrain Center for Human Rights and prominent human rights activist Nabeel Rajab.

The Public Prosecution opened a new case against the prominent human rights activist Nabeel Rajab over publishing an article in the New York Times on Sunday (September 4, 2016) entitled “Letter from a Bahraini Jail”.

The second major court headed by Judge Badr Al-Abdullah upheld a 1-year imprisonment sentence against a Bahraini woman, for insulting the judiciary in public.

The Saudi "News 24" website stated that a Saudi lawyer is leading a case against Bahraini journalist Mohammad Al-Shorouqi in Bahraini courts, for charges of insulting Saudi scholars.