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Court Upholds 1-Year Prison Sentence for Detainee Accused of Assaulting Policemen, Attempting to Flee from Salmaniya Hospital
2018-01-24
High Criminal Court of Appeal upheld one year prison sentence issued against a defendant convicted, along with three others, of assaulting two policemen by beating when a detainee held over an attempted murder case tried to escape from the Salmaniya Medical Complex.
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Appeals: One-Month Jail Term against Traffic Cop for Driving his Car at 208 Km/h Speed
2018-01-23
The Second High Appeal Court upheld a one-month jail term against a traffic cop, with the execution of sentence, a 500 BD fine, and suspension of the policeman’s driving license for 6 months, over charge of driving his car at 208 KM/hour and exceeding the 100 speed limit on Amwaj Island street.
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Cassation Court Upholds 5-Year Jail Term against 2 Defendants over Charge of Kidnapping and Hitting Youth, Claiming He Is Informant
2018-01-23
A cassation court rejected the appeal of two suspects sentenced to 5 years in prison over charge of “kidnapping a 16-year-old youth, taking him to a farm, attacking him, burning his back with a lighter and threatening him with a knife to confess he is an informant”.
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Court Rejects Appeals of Defendant Sentenced to 3 Years in Jail, Stripped Him of his Nationality
2018-01-22
The First High Appeals Criminal Court rejected the appeals of a suspect sentenced to 3 years in prison and stripped of his citizenship.
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Court Rejects Appeal, Upholds 10-Year Prison Sentence in Sitra Bombing Case
2018-01-20
Bahraini High Criminal Court of Appeal rejected the appeal of a Bahraini convicted among nine others of planting and detonating a bomb near Sitra Post.
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Appeal Court: 7-Year Sentence Handed down to Bahraini for Plating Fake Bomb in Tubli
2018-01-19
First High Criminal Court sentenced a defendant to seven years in prison instead of 10, after convicting him among five others of placing a fake bomb in the Tubli area.
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Appeal Court Acquits Businessman Samih Rajab of Charge of Insulting Commerce Minister, Says “Right to Criticize Permissible by Law”
2018-01-19
Court revoked one-month prison term issued against businessman Samih Ibrahim Rajab for insulting Minister of Industry and Commerce, acquitting him of libel and slander charges.
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Cassation Court Rejects Appeals of 5 Suspects Accused of Joining Saraya Al-Ashtar, Upholds Stripping them of Citizenships
2018-01-18
The Cassation Court rejected the appeals of 4 defendants accused of joining Saraya Al-Ashtar and ruled the inadmissibility of the appeal of the fifth suspect, in a case that included 12 convicts whose sentences range between life sentence and 7 years in prison, as well as the revocation of their citizenships.
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3-Year Jail Term against Bahraini over Posting 27 Tweets that Included Threats to Murder Judge
2018-01-18
The Fifth Minor Criminal Court issued on Wednesday (January 17, 2018) a 3-year jail term against a Bahraini (52 years) over insulting a Bahraini judge and threatening to kill him, after the judge bound the Bahraini man to pay 402 BD for an Asian worker, who used to work for the man, and to issue him an end of service certificate.
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Appeal Court Rejects Defendant’s Appeal and Upholds Two-Year Prison Sentence
2018-01-15
The First High Criminal Court of Appeal in Bahrain did not accept the appeal of one of four defendants, accused of assembling and blocking a highway using Molotov cocktails.
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Bahrain Cassation Court Adjourns Sentencing Hearing in Maher Al-Khabbaz's Case until January 29
2018-01-15
The Court of Cassation in Bahrain adjourned on Monday the sentencing hearing of youth Maher Al-Khabbaz who is on death row until January 29.
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Appeals Court Upholds Life Prison Term against 2 Suspects Accused of Causing Blast in Ma’amir
2018-01-15
The First High Appeals Court upheld a life prison term against 2 out of 5 suspects accused of causing blast, acquiring explosives without a license from the competent parties and damaging a bulldozer owned by the Interior Ministry, for a terrorist aim, bound them to pay together 250 BD for the damages and ordered the confiscation of seized items.
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Case of Nabeel Rajab over Criticizing War on Yemen Adjourned until Feb. 21
2018-01-15
A Bahraini court adjourned on Monday (January 15, 2018) the case of president of Bahrain Center for Human Rights and prominent human rights defender Nabeel Rajab until February 21, to issue its sentence.
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Court Upholds Imprisoning 2 Students in Al-Jabriya Industrial School to 3 Years in Prison over Assembly Charge
2018-01-13
The Sixth High Criminal Appeals Court rejected the appeals of a student in Al-Jabriya Industrial School sentenced to 3 years in prison, because he appealed the verdict after the legal period ended and rejected the appeals of another appellant because he didn’t attend the session.
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Court Rejects Appeal of Defendant Accused of Putting Fake Bomb in Sitra, Upholds 3-Year Jail Term against Him
2018-01-13
The Sixth High Criminal Appeals Court rejected the appeal of a 17-year-old youth sentenced to 3 years in prison, over putting fake bomb on street in Wadiyan in Sitra, for appealing the verdict after the legal period ended.
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Five Defendants Sentenced to 1-2 Years in Prison over Assembly and Burning Tires in Southern Sehla
2018-01-12
Bahrain’s fourth high criminal court sentenced two defendants to two years in prison and three others to one year on charges of “assembling, burning tires and attacking police with Molotov cocktails and iron rods in the Southern Sehla area.”
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15-Year Jail Term against 3 Defendants Accused of Causing Blast that Led to Injuring 4 Policemen in Al-Qarya
2018-01-11
The First High Appeals Criminal Court upheld a 15-year jail term against 3 suspects out of 7, over a case of causing a blast that led to injuring 4 policemen in Al-Qarya, for not attending the appeals sessions.
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Appeals: 15-Year Jail Term Handed down to 2 Defendants Accused of Assembling, Attacking Officer and Policeman in Diraz
2018-01-11
The First High Appeals Criminal Court upheld a 15-year jail against 2 defendants accused of attacking an officer and policeman in Diraz, arsoning, acquiring arms, assembling, committing riots and acquiring Molotov.
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Appeals Court Postpones “Al-Basta Group” Case until Feb. 4
2018-01-10
The First High Appeals Criminal Court adjourned the case of Al-Basta group until February 4 to add the case’s documents.
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“Zulfiqar Brigades” Case Postponed until Jan. 30 for Pleading
2018-01-09
The Fourth High Criminal Court postponed looking into the case of 138 defendants accused of establishing and joining the "Zulfiqar Brigades", until January 30 for pleading.