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Appeals Court: 3-Year Jail Term Issued against 4 Defendants over Putting Hoax Bomb on Sheikh Khalifa bin Salman Street
2017-04-06
The Supreme Court of Appeals commuted the 5-year jail term of 4 defendants to 3 years. The defendants are accused of putting a hoax bomb and burning tires on Sheikh Khalifa bin Salman Street.
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Sheikh Isa Al-Moamen Receives 3-Month Jail Term over Charge of Inciting Hatred against Regime
2017-04-06
Bahrain’s minor criminal court sentenced on Thursday, March 30, 2017, Imam of Al-Kheif mosque Sheikh Isa Al-Moamen (60 years) to 3 months in prison and 500 BD fine over inciting hatred against the regime.
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One-Month Jail Term Handed down to Custodian of Zahraa Mosque over “Submitting Fake Notice”
2017-04-06
The Third Minor Criminal Court sentenced the custodian of the Zahraa (as) Mosque in Hamad City to one month in prison with the execution of sentence over submitting fake notice.
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Court Sentences “Sankimah” to 2 & Half Years in Prison over Insulting Former MP
2017-04-05
The second minor criminal sentenced actor Mansour Sankimah, known as “Sankimah” to two and half years in prison with 50 BD fine over insulting former MP on social media outlets. The court also set 1000 BD as a bail to stop the execution of sentence.
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Court Sentences Defendant to Two Years in Prison over Beating Policeman & Insulting Another in Dry Dock Prison
2017-04-05
Bahrain's Fifth High Criminal Court presided over by judge Ibrahim Al-Zayed with the membership of judges Mohsen Mabrouk and Moataz Abu Al-Ezz and Yousif Bu Hardan as a secretariat sentenced a suspect to 2 years in prison over beating a policeman and insulting another.
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One-Year Jail Term Handed down to Life-Term Convict over Beating and Insulting Policeman
2017-04-04
Bahrain’s First High Criminal Court issued one-year jail term against a defendant (27 years) over beating policeman, damaging his uniform by cutting one of his buttons and insulting him.
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3-Year Imprisonment for Martyr Ali al-Sheikh’s Father, 3 Other Defendants
2017-04-04
The Bahraini authorities arrested Monday (April 3, 2017) Jawad al-Sheikh, the father of martyr Ali al-Sheikh, in court after the Court of Appeals upheld a 3-year prison verdict against him.
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One-Year Jail Term Handed down to Defendant for Hiding Wanted over Political Cases
2017-04-03
The Fifth High Criminal Court sentenced a defendant to one year in prison for hiding wanted citizens over politically motivated cases. The court convicted the defendant because he, in person, hid the wanted despite knowing that arrest orders and jail terms are issued against them.
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Court Issues 3-Year Jail Term against Defendant over Putting Hoax Bomb on Public Street
2017-04-03
The Fifth High Criminal Court handed down 3-year jail term to a defendant over putting a hoax a bomb and ordered the confiscation of seized items.
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Court of Cassation Overturns Sheikh Ali Salman’s 9-Year Sentence, Upholds 4-Year Jail Term against Him
2017-04-03
The Bahraini court of cassation overturned on Monday (April 3, 2017) a verdict issued by appeals court sentencing the opposition leader and Al-Wefaq Secretary-General to 9 years in prison.
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Appeals Court Adjourns ISIS Bahrain Cell Case until June 18
2017-04-02
Bahrain’s High Appeals Court scheduled the sentencing hearing of the defendants in the ISIS case on June 18, 2017.
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Trial of Turki Al-Binali’s Cousin over Charges of Joining ISIS Continues
2017-04-01
Bahrain’s First High Criminal Court decided to call the attesting witnesses to the stand in the May 14, 2017 court session in the trial of the 23-year-old Bahraini charged with joining the terrorist ISIS organization.
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Appeals Court Upholds 3-5 Prison Terms over "Hoax Bomb in Saar"
2017-04-01
Bahraini High Appeals Court upheld a 5-year prison term against an appellant and 3-year prison term against three others over charges of planting hoax bomb, setting fire to tires and assaulting policemen in the Saar area.
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Appeals Court Upholds 1-5 Year Prison Terms Handed down to 3 Defendants over Burning Garbage Container in Tubli
2017-04-01
Bahraini High Appeals Court upheld a five-year prison sentence issued against an appellant and a one-year term against two others over charges of blocking road and setting fire to a garbage container in Tubli.
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3-Year Jail Term instead of 10 Handed down to Adel Flaifel over Possession of Arms & Ammunitions
2017-03-31
The Supreme Court of Appeals presided over by judge Mohammad bin Ali Al Khalifa and Naji Abdullah as secretariat commuted the 10-year jail term issued against former Interior Ministry colonel Adel Flaifel to 3 years and commuted the 3-year jail term issued against 6 others to one year only. It is to mention that Flaifel is sentenced over possession of arms and ammunitions without a licence from the ministry of interior.
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Bahrain Court Hands down 10-15 Year Prison Terms to Three defendants, Strips them of Nationality in Politically Motivated Case
2017-03-31
Bahrain’s fourth high criminal court sentenced one defendant to 15 years in prison and two others to 10 years, also revoking all the defendants’ Bahraini nationalities in a politically motivated case.
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Appeal: 5&17-Year Jail Term Handed down to Defendants, 12 Stripped of Citizenships over Forming “Saraya Al-Ashtar” Group
2017-03-30
The Supreme Court of Appeals commuted the life-term sentences of 7 appellants to 15 years only and commuted the 10-year jail of others to 7 years over “Saraya Al-Ashtar” case. The court, however, upheld revocation of the defendants’ nationalities and the fines imposed on them.
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AFP: Bahrain Sentences Two To Death For Police Bombing
2017-03-30
A Bahraini court sentenced two people to death on Wednesday over a deadly bomb attack on a police patrol in 2015, a judicial source said.
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AP: Bahrain Sentences 2 People to Death on Terror Charges
2017-03-30
A court in Bahrain on Wednesday sentenced two people to death on terror charges and handed down lengthy sentences to 11 others, including a former lawmaker who was sentenced to 10 years in prison, according to a statement from the public prosecutor.
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Reuters: Bahrain Sentences Two to Death over 2015 Bomb Attack that Killed Two Policemen
2017-03-30
A Bahraini court on Wednesday sentenced two citizens to death over a 2015 bomb attack that killed two police officers and wounded six others, the public prosecutor said.