Bahrain Mirror (AFP): A Bahraini court has sentenced eight people to life in jail after convicting them of "terrorism" and violence against security forces in two separate cases, authorities said.

A Bahraini court sentenced 5 dissidents, 4 of whom are from the same family, to life imprisonment over charges of attempting to smuggle explosives.

Member of Bahrain Center for Human Rights, Hussain Radhi, said a court sentenced Laila Mansour Marzooq, from Bani Jamra, to 3 months in prison for standing outside a police station demanding the release of her son.

Bahraini Supreme Court of Appeals upheld a court of first instance's verdict against 12 suspects over charges of burning tires and pouring oil near Al-Nasr Club in Juffair.

Advocate General, Acting Attorney General to the Terror Crime Prosecution, Hamad Al-Buainain, announced that the fifth criminal court issued its verdict against four suspects accused of "resisting policemen on duty, acquiring arms and ammunition for a terrorist purpose.

A Bahraini court sentenced a policeman (29 years old) and a inmate (40 years old) at the Reform and Rehabilitation Center (Jaw Prison) to 3 years in prison after convicting them of bribery and smuggling banned items (Viagra and nuts) into prison.

Bahrain's Fifth High Criminal Court sentenced 16 suspects accused of assembling, acquiring Molotov cocktails and starting fire in Sanabis to 7 years in prison and ordered the confiscation of seized items.

Member of the European-Bahraini Organization for Human Rights (EBOHR), Fatima Al-Halwachi, said that a Bahraini court sentenced her detained father and member of Amal Society Khalil Al-Halwachi to one month in prison over charges of insulting a police officer, against whom Dry Dock prisoners have raised complaints.

The Second High Criminal (Appeals) Court set May 23, 2016 as a date for issuing a verdict, concerning the expulsion of lawyer Taymour Karimi after his citizenship was revoked alongside 30 other Bahrainis.

The Supreme Appeals Court upheld the verdict issued against an appellant, convicted along with other suspects over charges of burning tires that caused a fire, sentencing him to three years in prison. This comes as a court of first instance sentenced 5 suspects to 15 years in prison and two others under 18 years of age (including the appellant) to 3.

The Supreme Appeals Court upheld the sentence issued against two appellants to imprison them for three years over charges of planting a hoax bomb in the Sitra area.

The Bahraini Fourth High Criminal Court sentenced 14 defendants to 10 years in prison after convicting them of assembling, attacking police in Sitra, and burning a vehicle.

A Bahraini Supreme Appeals Court upheld a first degree verdict, sentencing 11 defendants to 15 years in prison over charges of attempted murder of a number of policemen and burning two police vehicles.

Bahrain's Fifth Minor Criminal Court sentenced the prisoners of conscience Ibrahim Karimi, also fining him 2,100 Bahraini dinars. Karimi was convicted over charges of insulting the King of Bahrain and a friendly state, although he denied the charges.

The Bahraini High Appeals Court upheld a sentence of first instance, handing down a 5-year prison term to five defendants, over charges of assembling and starting fire in the Sanabes area.

Bahrain's Fourth High Criminal Court convicted 10 defendants of detonating a bomb in Al-Ekr area, manufacturing, acquiring and using explosives, manufacturing and acquiring arms and ammunition and resisting police arrest, sentencing two to 30 years in prison, two others to life imprisonment, four others to 15 years and another two to 3.

Bahrain Mirror (AFP): Bahrain on Tuesday sentenced 10 people to between three years and life in prison for attacking police during a protest in a Shiite village, the prosecution said.

The Third High Criminal Court upheld the verdict issued against a Shiite cleric, Sheikh Abdul Zahraa Al-Mubasher, sentencing him to two years in prison over charges of inciting hatred against the regime and insulting a figure (Muawiya bin Abi Sufyan) venerated by a certain sect.

A Bahraini supreme appeals court commuted the sentences issued against 2 appellants from 10 to 4 years in prison and 2 others from 10 to 5 years in prison over charges of setting fire to two vehicles, owned by MP Majeed Al-Asfoor.

The Bahraini Fourth High Criminal Court sentenced five defendants to 3 years in prison over charges of setting 6 tires ablaze in the village of Saar.