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Appeals Court: 5-Year Imprisonment Sentence Against 8 Defendants Charged with planting Fake Bomb in Salmabad
2016-10-30
The High Appeals Court upheld a first degree ruling in favor of a 5-year imprisonment against 8 defendants charged of installing bomb-like bodies.
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Journalist Hayat Denies Charges Against Him, Court Adjourns Case till Nov. 2
2016-10-30
Journalist Faisal Hayat denied before the Small Criminal Court the accusation of him insulting a religious figure, and assaulting a certain community.
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Appeals Court Upholds Life, Citizenship Revocation Verdicts Against 43 Defendants for Terrorist Affiliation Charges
2016-10-28
The High Appeals Court ruled in favor of a verdict in cases of 45 appellants, in a case of establishing and managing a terrorist group.
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Appeals Court to Consider Al-Daih Blast Case on November 10 after Cassation Court Overturned Verdict
2016-10-28
The sixth high appeals will look on November 10, 2016 into the appeals of 10 suspects accused of killing the Emirati officer Tariq Mohammad Al-Shahi and two other policemen in Al-Daih, after the cassation court overturned the verdict.
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Court Hands down Life Sentences to Suspects, Revokes Citizenships of 15 over "Establishing Terrorist Group"
2016-10-28
A Bahraini court issued on Thursday (October 27, 2016) harsh sentences against 15 dissident accused of establishing a terrorist group; a charge the authorities usually bring against opposition activists.
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Amnesty International Launches Campaign to Release Nabeel Rajab and Fadhel Abbas
2016-10-27
Amnesty International said that “the Bahraini authorities must immediately and unconditionally release human rights activist Nabeel Rajab and opposition leader Fadhel Abbas, two prisoners of conscience who are facing long prison sentences for using Twitter to voice concerns about human rights abuses in the conflict in Yemen.”
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3&5-Jail Term Handed down to 4 Suspects over Assembly in Jurdab
2016-10-27
The Bahraini Fourth High Criminal Court handed down 5-year jail term to 2 suspects over assembly, arson and planting hoax bomb in Jurdab, sentenced 2 others to 3 years in prison, acquitted the fifth suspect and ordered the confiscation of seized items.
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Appeals Court Sentences 3 Defendants to 5 Years in Prison over Attacking Khamis Police Station
2016-10-26
The high appeals court commuted a 10-year jail term against 3 appellants over attacking Khamis police station to 5 years only.
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Court Hands down 5-Year Jail Term to 3 Suspects over Burning Tires in Tubli
2016-10-26
The Bahraini Fourth High Criminal Court handed down 5-year jail term to 3 suspects over setting fire to tires in Tubli.
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Appeals Court Commutes Fadhel Abbas’s 5-Year Jail Term to 3
2016-10-26
The Court of Appeals commuted on Wednesday (October 26, 2016) the 5-year jail term sentence against Fadhel Abbas, former Secretary General of the Unitary National Democratic Assemblage (Al-Wahdawi party) to 3 years.
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Appeals Court Upholds Sentences Reaching Life-Imprisonment against 10 suspects Accused of Al-Ekr Blast
2016-10-25
The High Appeals Court upheld a first-instance verdict issued by the fourth high criminal court in the case of detonating a bomb and acquiring arms, sentencing 10 suspects to periods reaching 30 years.
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Bahrain: 143 Drug-Related Cases Raised in Nine Months
2016-10-23
Anti-Narcotics Directorate said 143 drug-related cases were raised since onset of 2016 until last September, mainly including confiscations of hashish, Heroin and “Shabu”.
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Court Adjourns Khalil Al-Halwachi’s Verdict until October 31
2016-10-23
A Bahraini court held its session on October 16, 2016, in which it had it issue its verdict against activist Khalil Al-Halwachi and decided to issue its final verdict in his case on October 31.
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Prosecution: “Different Body” of Appeals Court to Look Into Sheikh Ali Salman’s Case, While he Remains Detained
2016-10-20
The High Appeal Court will look into the case of Sheikh Ali Salman again, under a different body, and the defendant will stand before it while he remains in in custody.
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Bahrain: Appeals Court Sentences “Tweeter” to 1 Year in Prison for “Insulting the King”
2016-10-19
The High Criminal Court upheld today Wednesday (October 19, 2016) a first instance ruling to imprison Taiba Ismail over a tweet for a whole year, charging her with “insulting the king”.
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Court Hands down 5-Year Jail Term to 2 Suspects over Planting Hoax Bomb in Damistan
2016-10-19
The Bahraini High Criminal Court sentenced two suspects to 5 years in prison over planting hoax bomb in Damistan and ordered the confiscation of seized items.
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Reuters: Bahrain Court Overturns Jail Term for Opposition Leader
2016-10-19
A Bahraini court has overturned a 9-year prison term imposed on the country's most prominent opposition leader, in a ruling that could lower political tensions in the Gulf kingdom.
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Appeals Court Rules Against al-Wefaq’s Appeal, Approves its Dissolution, Assets Liquidation
2016-10-19
The Second High Civil Appeals Court approved (on September 22, 2016), the First Instance Court’s ruling to dissolve al-Wefaq Society, liquidate its assets, and close its headquarters.
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First Instance Court Rules Al-Wefaq Dissolution, Assets Liquidation
2016-10-19
The Bahraini Royal Court-affiliated al-Watan newspaper published the complete text of the First Instance Court decision to dissolve the National Islamic Society al-Wefaq, Bahrain’s biggest political opposition society.
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“Al-Khashram”, Lawyer Assigned to Sheikh Qassim’s Case, Is the Bahraini Government’s Yes Man
2016-10-18
What is the truth behind events that took place during trial of the Bahraini Shia spiritual leader Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim.