Bahraini Appeal Court upheld on Sunday (December 4, 2016) sentencing three defendants to death and five others to life imprisonment.

Bahraini High Appeal Court adjourned sentencing hearing of Secretary General of dissolved Al-Wefaq Society, Sheikh Ali Salman, until December 12 for further deliberation.

The Specialized Criminal Court in Riyadh issued on Wednesday (November 30, 2016) 3 new death penalties against citizens from Tarout, in Qatif in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia.

The High Appeals Court upheld a verdict issued by the first-instance court sentencing appellants to 5 years in prison over blasting gas cylinder in Saar and causing damages to nearby shops.

The high appeals court commuted the verdict issued against 5 appellants in the case of setting fire to tires, planting hoax bombs in a public place, assembling, rioting and acquiring Molotov. The court lessened the 10-year jail term issued by the first-instance court against 6 convicts, making them 5 years. The court also upheld 3-year jail term against the third and fourth suspects.

Lawyer Sadiq Al-Dirazi said that the second criminal “appeals” court amended the one-year prison term against Mulla Habib Al-Dirazi making it 6 months only.

Kuwait's appeals court has upheld a 10-year jail sentence against an online activist on charges of insulting the emir and harming national interests, a newspaper reported on Thursday.

Bahrain Forum for Human Rights (BFHR) said that 3-month jail term issued against Bahraini journalist Faisal Hayyat over a tweet he published his Twitter account “reflects deterioration in press freedoms”.

The second high criminal “appeals” court amended the verdict issued against the head of Ulama Islamic Council and prominent Shiite cleric Sayed Majeed Al-Mashaal, commuting his prison term from 3 years over two cases to two and half years only.

The Fifth High Criminal Court sentenced a defendant to one year in prison after convicting him of hiding 3 wanted for authorities over political cases.

The Bahraini authorities released on Wednesday (November 30, 2016) activist Haj Majeed Abdullah, known as “Haj Somoud” after serving his 6-month jail term over taking part in protests.

Bahrain’s appeals court commuted on Tuesday (November 29, 2016) the 2-year jail term against the prominent Shiite cleric Sayed Majeed Al-Mashaal to 6 months only over the charge of taking part in Diraz protest.

A Bahraini court adjourned the case of prisoner of conscience Khalil Al-Halwachi, along with 14 others detainees, until December 12, with his continued detention.

The Assistant Secretary-General for the Public Sector in the General Federation of Workers Trade Unions in Bahrain, Hussein al-Asfour, called on the Minister of Electricity and Water Abdul Hussain Mirza to intervene to end the suffering of eight employees that have been dismissed from the Electricity and Water Authority for nearly two years.

The First High Criminal Court sentenced a defendant to 3 years in prison over hiding a convict.

A Bahraini court sentenced on Thursday (November 24, 2016) a youth to 10 years in prison and 382000 BD bail. The youth is accused of setting fire to a cars agency in Sitra.

The Supreme Appeals Court upheld a first-degree verdict sentencing detainee, Ahmad Shaker, to one-year in prison over throwing his shoes at judge Ali Khalifa Al-Dhahrani during his trial.

The Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD) said that Bahrain’s National Institute for Human Rights (NIHR) misled on the case a victim of enforced disappearance after their family complained to the press, in reference to the case of Sayed Alawi Hussein Alawi.

The Supreme Court of Appeals supported a 5-year prison sentence against an appellant.

The Supreme Appeals Court upheld a life prison sentence against detainee Rida Ghesra, charged with weapon possession, and using them against the police.