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2&5-Year Jail Term Handed down to 3 Defendants over Planting Hoax Bomb in Bilad Al-Qadeem
2017-03-29
The Fourth High Criminal court sentenced a suspect to 2 years in prison and 2 others to 5 years over putting hoax bomb in Bilad Al-Qadeem and ordered the confiscation of seized items.
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Detention of Policeman Accused of Human Trafficking Renewed
2017-03-29
Bahrain’s Third High Criminal Court renewed the detention of a policemen for 15 days over case of human trafficking in Colombian girls.
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Appeal: 5-Year Jail Term to Defendants Accused of Escaping from Prisoners Transport Bus
2017-03-29
The Supreme Court of Appeals upheld 5-year jail term against a defendant in the case of escaping from prisoners transport bus that was transporting them from Dry Dock Prison.
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Court Issues Death Penalty against 2 Defendants & Whole-Life Sentence against 5 Others over Sitra Blast
2017-03-29
Bahrain's Fourth High Criminal Court issued death penalties against each of Mohammad Ibrahim Al-Touk and Mohammad Radhi Abdullah and revoked their citizenships. The court also issued whole-life sentences against Salah Saeed, Ibrahim Jaafar Hassan, Ali Abdulkarim Marzooq, Layth Khalil Al-Touk and Ali Ahmad Ali and revoked the citizenships of 4 of them. Meanwhile, Sayed Mortada Al-Sanadi and Kassim Abdullah Ali were stripped of their nationalities and sentenced to 10 years in prison.
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Al-Wefaq Leader Sheikh Hassan Isa Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison
2017-03-29
Bahrain's Fourth High Criminal Court sentenced on Wednesday (March 29, 2017) Al-Wefaq prominent leader and former MP Sheikh Hassan Isa to 10 years in prison.
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Appeal: 7-Year Imprisonment over Charges linked to Planting Fake Bomb in Jidhafs
2017-03-28
The Sixth Supreme Court of Appeals ruled in favor of a verdict sentencing a defendant to 7 years in prison, for planting 4 bomb-like objects in the city of Jidhafs.
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Appeal Court Upholds 2 & 3 Year Prison Verdicts over Molotov Possession
2017-03-28
The Supreme Court of Appeal upheld a First Instance Court verdict ruling a 3-year prison verdict against 3, and 2 years against 2 others.
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3 to 7 Years Prison Verdicts against 5 Defendants for Burning Tires, Planting Fake Bombs in Buri
2017-03-28
The Fourth High Criminal Court ruled the imprisonment of 3 defendants to 7 years in prison, and 2 others to 3 years in prison, in case linked to planting fake bombs in the town of Buri.
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Appeals Court Upholds 3-Year Prison Verdict against Former Minister for Issuing Cheques without Balance
2017-03-28
The Third Supreme Court of Appeal overruled the appeal against a 3-year imprisonment verdict ruled against a former minister for issuing two cheques without balance to a business from the Gulf. The sum of both cheques is 310 thousands Dinars.
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Court Sentences 7 Suspects to 7 Years in Prison over Attacking Armored Vehicle Affiliated to MoI in Shakhoura
2017-03-27
: The fourth high criminal court sentenced 7 suspects to 7 years in prison and acquitted 3 others in a case linked to attacking a police armored vehicle in Shakoura and injuring a security man.
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Court Issues Death Penalty against 3 Defendants & Whole-Life Sentence against 4 Others over Political Case
2017-03-23
A Bahraini court issued on Thursday (March 23, 2017) death penalties against 3 defendants in a politically-motivated case in which they were accused of establishing terrorist group, acquiring weapons and carrying out blasts, among them the blast that led to death of policeman in “Al-Qarya”.
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Military Judiciary Sentences Murderer of Eman Salehi to Life in Jail
2017-03-22
The military court issued on Tuesday (March 21, 2017) a life imprisonment sentence against murderer of Eman Salehi, according to Military Judiciary Chief Youssef Flaifel.
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Court Postpones Wa’ad Society Dissolution Case to April 17
2017-03-20
The major administrative court postponed on Monday (March 20, 2017) the first hearing on dissolving the National Democratic Action Society "Wa'ad" to April 17, so that the defense lawyers representing Wa'ad could present their proxies.
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Court Sentences 2 Suspects to 3 Years in Prison over Kidnapping Two Persons, Claiming They are Informants
2017-03-20
The First High Criminal Court sentenced 2 defendants to 3 years in prison over taking part in kidnapping their two friends, beating them and stealing them, claiming they work as informants to the ministry of interior.
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Appeals Court Upholds 10-Year Prison Verdict against Defendant over “Kidnapping Police Officer” in 2011
2017-03-16
The Supreme Court of Appeal overruled the appeal presented by a defendant accused of kidnapping a police officer during the 2011 events.
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Appeal: Defendant Sentenced to 7 Years in Prison over Assembly, Weapon Acquisition in Diraz
2017-03-16
The Supreme Court of Appeal amended a verdict issued against a defendant, from 10 years to 7 years in prison. The defendant is accused of attempting to kill a police officer, illegal assembly, and possessing weapons in Diraz.
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Appeal Court Commutes Prison Sentence of Hussein al-Asfour’s Killer to 10 Years
2017-03-15
The Supreme Court of Appeal commuted the prison sentence against the Bahraini who killed Bahraini young man Hussein al-Asfour, from 15 years to 10 years.
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3-Year Prison Verdict Upheld against Defendant over Illegal Assembly in Hamad Town
2017-03-15
The Supreme Court of Appeal upheld a 3-year prison verdict against a defendant over a case linked to illegal assembly and riots.
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Suspect Accused of Joining ISIS Transferred to Psychiatry, His Detention extended for 15 Days
2017-03-14
The Fourth High Criminal extended the detention of a suspect accused of joining the “ISIS” group to 15 days and ordered to transfer him to the psychiatric hospital.
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Appeals Court: 7&10-Year Jail Term to 2 Defendants Accused of Assembling and Setting Police Patrol to Fire
2017-03-14
Bahrain's Supreme Court of Appeal upheld 10-year jail term against 2 appellants and lengthened the 7-year jail term of another to 10. It also bound them, along with the other convicted by the first-instance court, to pay 2149 BD and 600 fils for the damages caused in the ministry of interior’s vehicle and ordered the confiscation of seized items.