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Court Upholds 5-Year Jail Term against Suspect in Political Case
2019-11-14
The First High Criminal Appeals Court upheld a 5-year and one-month jail term against a suspect in a political motivated case.
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5-Year Prison Term Handed down to Arab Businessman Banned from Traveling for Attempting to Leave Bahrain Using His Employee's Passport
2019-11-13
The First High Criminal Court issued a 5-year jail term against an Arab national businessman who attempted to leave Bahrain using the passport of an employee who works in his company without telling him, with the help of an Asian employee. The businessman was caught at the airport.
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Appeals Court Upholds Verdicts against 9 Defendants Accused of Managing "Ahrar Damistan" Account
2019-11-13
The First High Appeals Criminal Court rejected the appeals of a convict sentenced to two years in prison and upheld verdicts issued against 8 others in a case of managing an account on social media outlets.
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Minister of Justice De-Lists Special Notary, Suspends Lawyer for 9 Years
2019-11-12
Minister of Justice, Islamic Affairs and Endowments Khalid bin Ali Al Khalifa issued a decision to de-list a special notary, on the recommendation of the Disciplinary Committee.
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Court Abolishes Citizenship Revocation Sentence, Upholds Life Imprisonment against Defendant
2019-11-12
The First High Appeals Criminal Court abolished citizenship revocation sentence against a suspect in a political case and upheld life sentence and 100,000 BD fine against him.
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Saudi National Receives 15-Prison Term over Smuggling Weeds, Captagon through King Fahd Causeway
2019-11-06
The High Criminal Court issued its verdict against two Saudi nationals in case of smuggling drugs.
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Court Upholds 6-Month Jail Term against Suspect Accused of Distributing Political Publications in Al-Malikiya
2019-11-05
The First High Criminal Court issued 6-month jail term against a suspect accused of distributing political publications.
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Two Turkish Nationals who Attempted to Travel to UK Using Forged Passports and Visas Receive for 3-Year Jail Term
2019-11-02
The First High Criminal Court sentenced two Turkish nationals to three years in prison, ordered their deportation and confiscation of forged documents, after they tried to travel to the UK via Bahrain International Airport using forged passports and visas.
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Prison Term of 3 Citizens in Diraz Sit-in Case Commuted
2019-11-02
The First High Criminal Appeals Court issued its ruling in 4 appealing objections out of 167 defendants in case of dispersing the sit-in held outside house of Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim in Diraz. The court accepted 3 objections in form and rejected the fourth one.
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Court Orders Public University to Pay BD 28,000 in Arrears, Severance Pay Reward for Lecturer
2019-11-01
The High Labor Court ordered a public university to pay 28,000 dinars in arrears and a severance pay reward for a university lecturer.
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Life Term Handed down to 5 Defendants, 7-Year Prison Term to 2 Others in Saraya Al-Ashtar Case
2019-11-01
The Fourth High Criminal Court issued life term sentence against 5 suspects and 7-year prison term against 2 others over charge of joining Saraya Al-Ashtar.
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Life Term Sentence, 10-Year Prison Term against Two Suspects in Political Case
2019-10-31
The First High Criminal Court issued life term sentence against a suspect outside Bahrain and 10-year prison term against another one in the same political case.
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Trial of Health Ministry Employee who Embezzled 27,000BD from Ministry's Money Adjourned
2019-10-30
The First High Criminal Court decided to postpone the case of a health ministry employee, accused of embezzling more than 27,000 dinars of ministry funds, until November 12 to summon the witnesses mentioned in evidence list.
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Court Upholds Death Sentence against Arab Citizen who Killed Asian, Tried to Allure Police that Murderer is Shiite
2019-10-30
The High Appeals Court upheld, unanimously, death sentence issued against an Arab National citizen who killed an Asian in Al-Houra. The defendant confessed that he murdered the victim and tried to hide traces of crime and mislead the judiciary through writing sectarian expressions on the apartment's wall.
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Death Penalty against Murderer of Two Asians Upheld
2019-10-30
A Bahraini court upheld death penalty issued against a Bahraini who killed two Asians with a hammer and attempted to murder a third one.
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Defendant Accused of Forging Certificate from Malaysian University Receives 3-Year Prison Term
2019-10-25
The Fourth High Criminal Court sentenced a defendant accused of forging certificate from a Malaysian University to 3 years in prison and ordered the confiscation of forged documents.
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Case of Dr. Sharifa Siwar Postponed to Nov. 14 for Ruling
2019-10-23
The Minor Criminal Court adjourned the trial of Dr. Sharifa Siwar until November 14 for ruling. Siwar is accused of publically slandering the plaintiffs, publishing false news and misusing social media outlets.
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Court Fines Bahraini 300 BD for Transporting Students without License
2019-10-22
The Minor Criminal Court doubled a fine imposed on a Bahrain for transporting students without a license from 100 to 300 BD. The defendant refused to pay the money saying that he doesn't have the amount. He was told that he will be imprisoned for 2 months in case he doesn't pay, thus, he took out his wallet and paid the fine.
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Saudi National Receives 15-Year Jail Term over Smuggling Drugs through King Fahd Causeway
2019-10-17
The First High Criminal Court sentenced a Saudi national, accused of smuggling narcotics through King Fahd Causeway, to 15 years in jail and fined him 5000 BD.
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Appeals: 10-Year Prison Term against 2 Defendants Accused of Putting Fake Bomb on King Fahd Causeway
2019-10-15
The First High Criminal Court upheld a 10-year prison term against 2 defendants accused of putting fake bomb on King Fahd Causeway.