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Bahraini Court Sentences 5 Defendants to 7 Years in Prison over Kidnap & Assault of Minor
2016-05-23
Bahrain's Fifth High Criminal Court sentenced 5 defendants to 7 years in prison over charges of kidnapping a 15-year-old boy and assaulting him, claiming that he working as an informant for the police.
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Sheikh Al-Mansi’s Trial Adjourned until May 24 with Continued Detention
2016-05-21
Bahrain’s Third Minor Criminal Court adjourned the trial of Shiite cleric Sheikh Mohammad Al-Mansi with continued detention until May 24, 2016.
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Bahraini Court Sentences 4 Defendants to 10 Years in Prison over Homemade Bomb in Al-Qaria
2016-05-21
Bahrain's Fifth High Criminal Court sentenced 4 defendants to 10 years in prison over charges of manufacturing...
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Seven-Year Prison Term Handed down to Bahraini Accused of Burning Tires in Budai
2016-05-21
Bahrain's Fifth High Criminal Court sentenced a defendant, accused of setting fire to tires and planting a hoax bomb...
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Appeals Court: 3-Year Prison Term Handed Down to Suspect over Assembling
2016-05-18
The Bahraini High Court of Appeals, presided over by judge Mohammad bin Ali and Naji Abdullah as secretariat, sentenced a Bahraini youth (17 years old) to 3 years in prison over assembling, burning tires and acquiring Molotov cocktails in the Bahraini capital Manama.
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Court Issue 5-Year Prison Term against 4 Bahrainis over Planting Hoax Bomb
2016-05-18
The Bahraini High Criminal Court sentenced four defendants to 5 years in prison over planting a hoax bomb on the main street in Sehla near the Open Arab University.
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Court Acquits Youth Accused of Assembling in Ras Ruman for Lack of Evidence
2016-05-16
The Bahraini Fourth High Criminal Court acquitted in absentia a Bahraini youth (19 years old) of the charge of assembling and starting a fire at the entrance of the Ras Ruman village for lack of evidence.
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Sheikh Al-Mansi’s Family Says Authorities Holding Him in Solitary Confinement Since 3 Weeks
2016-05-16
Family of detained Shiite cleric Sheikh Mohammad Al-Mansi said that the “Sheikh has been held in solitary confinement since almost 3 weeks ago,” urging prison authorities to “return him to the prison cellblock with the rest of the inmates.”
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Appeals Court Sentences 5 Bahrainis to 3 & 7 Years in Prison Over “Assaulting Policeman” in Diraz
2016-05-15
The Bahraini High Appeals Court commuted the sentence issued against 4 appellants from 10 to 7 years in prison and upheld a 3-year jail term against a defendant over assembling and attacking a policeman in Diraz.
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Court Sentences 8 Bahrainis to 3-5 Years in Prison over Assembling
2016-05-15
Bahrain’s high criminal court sentenced 5 defendants to 5 years in prison and 3 others to 3 over charges of starting a fire and assembling in Hemla.
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Appeals Court: 7-Year Prison Term Handed down to 3 Suspects over Planting Hoax Bomb
2016-05-13
The Bahraini High Criminal Court commuted a sentence issued against 3 appellants from 10 to 7 years in prison over charges of planting a hoax bomb, starting fire and assembling.
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Six Bahrainis Sentenced to 10-Year Prison Term over Burning Armored Vehicle in Al-Ekr
2016-05-13
The Bahraini high criminal court sentenced one defendant to 3 years in prison and 6 other to 10 over charges of assembling and setting fire to an armored police vehicle in Al-Ekr.
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Appeals Court Sentences Bahraini to 3 Months in Prison for Insulting Parliament on Instagram
2016-05-13
Bahrain's Third High Criminal Appeals Court sentenced a defendant accused of insulting the Parliament to 3 months in prison.
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Bahraini Court Upholds 10-Year Prison Term against 3 Defendants over Burning Former MP
2016-05-13
The Bahraini high criminal court did not take the objection of the first suspect accused of setting fire to two vehicles, owned by former Bahraini Member of Parliament Ali Al-Dirazi.
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Bahraini Court Sentences "Mnarfezhom" to 5 Months in Prison for Accusing Two People of Inciting to Overthrow Regime
2016-05-12
Bahrain's Third Minor Criminal Court convicted owner of "Mnarfezhom" Twitter account in two new cases, in which he was accused of insulting two citizens, accusing them of betraying the country and inciting to overthrow the regime.
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Court Sentences Member of Ruling Family “Mnarfezhom” to 2 Months in Prison in Unprecedented Move
2016-05-11
Abdullah Hashem, a Bahraini lawyer who takes cases of extremist groups members in Bahrain, stated that Bahrain’s Third Minor Criminal Court sentenced tweeter “Mnarfezhom” to two months in prison.
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Appeals Court Upholds 15-Year Prison Term Against Appellants over Killing Policeman in Al-Ekr
2016-05-11
The Bahraini Supreme Court of Appeals upheld the verdict issued against 15 appellants, sentencing them to 15 years in prison over killing a policeman in Al-Ekr area.
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Public Prosecution: Life-Imprisonment Handed down to 3 Bahrainis & 10-Year Term to 6 Others over Assembly and Bomb Blast
2016-05-06
The Chief of Bahrain's Terrorist Crimes Prosecution, Attorney-General Ahmad Al-Hammadi, stated that the Fifth High Criminal court convicted 9 defendants over charges of attempted murder of policemen, detonating a bomb, explosives possession, assembling, rioting and acquiring Molotov cocktails.
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Appeals Court Sentences 3 Bahrainis to 5 Years in Prison over Burning Scrap Car in Diraz
2016-05-06
The Bahraini Supreme Court of Appeals upheld a 5-year prison term issued in absentia against 3 appellants over charges of setting a scrap vehicle ablaze in Diraz.
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Bahraini Appeals Court Upholds Prison Sentence against Stateless Ibrahim Karimi Over "Insulting King"
2016-05-05
The Second High Criminal (Appeals) Court upheld on Wednesday (May 4, 2016) the verdict against the stateless Ibrahim Karimi who was stripped of his Bahraini nationality, sentencing him to 2 years and 1 month in prison and fining him 2,100 Bahraini dinars.