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4 Months Instead of 2.5 Years in Prison for Mansour Sanqima for Insulting Former MP Mohammad Khaled
2017-11-10
The minor criminal court decided to amend the penalty of the artist Mansour Sanqima to four months in prison and a 50 dinar fine, instead of two years and six months in prison, with a 50 dinar fine.
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Appeal Court Overturns Prison Sentence of Al Khalifa Family Member in Libel Case, Fines him Instead
2017-11-10
Bahrain’s Second High Criminal Appeal Court overturned a verdict, sentencing a member of the ruling Al Khalifa family to prison, fining him only 300 dinars instead.
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Bahraini Woman Sentenced to Month in Prison for Selling Fake Flight Tickets and Collecting Quarter Million Dinars
2017-11-09
The High Criminal Court of Appeals issued a decision upholding the imprisonment of a Bahraini woman (47 years old) for issuing a check worth 4500 Bahraini dinars for travel tickets, it later turned out that the bank account from which the check was issued was closed.
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3-Years in Prison for Businessman and TV Producer for Embezzling Millions of Dinars from 200 Bahraini and Gulf Investors
2017-11-08
The second lower criminal court sentenced a known businessman and television producer to three years in prison for embezzling around 200 Bahraini and Gulf investors.
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5 Defendants Receive 2-Year Jail Term
2017-11-03
The Fourth High Criminal Court issued 2-year jail term against 5 suspects accused of assembling and ordered the confiscation of seized items.
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Appeals: 15-Year Jail Term against Suspect Accused of Blasting Car near City Center Mall
2017-11-02
Bahrain’s High Appeals Court upheld 15-year jail verdict against an appellant, accused, within group of 6 suspects, of stealing a car and blasting it through a gas cylinder near City Center Mall.
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Appeals Court Upholds 3&5-Year Jail Term against 2 Defendants over Planting Fake Bomb in Bilad Al-Qadeem
2017-11-01
The High Criminal Appeals Court rejected the appeals of two suspects (23 and 18 years) and upheld sentencing one of them to 5 years in prison and the other one to 2 years over putting, along with another suspect who did not appeal, fake bomb in Sheikh Salman Street near Bilad Al-Qaddem and ordered the confiscation of seized items.
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10 Bahrainis Sentenced to Life Imprisonment and Stripped of Citizenship in Politically Motivated Case
2017-10-31
The Fourth High Criminal Court sentenced 10 defendants to life imprisonment in a politically motivated case, also stripping them all of their Bahraini nationality.
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Court Issues Life Prison Terms against 8 Suspects, 15-Year Jail Term against 7, Revokes Citizenships of 14 over Al-Basta Group
2017-10-30
A Bahraini court issued on Monday (October 30, 2017) life prison sentence against 7 defendants and revoked their citizenships over joining “Al-Basta Group”.
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Appeals: 3-Year Jail Term Handed down to 5 Suspects Accused of Planting Hoax Bomb in Buri
2017-10-30
The Sixth High Criminal Appeals Court upheld the imprisonment of 5 defendants, whose ages range between 19 to 25 years old, to 3 years in prison, over planting a fake bomb in a private garage in Buri, and ordered the confiscation of seized items.
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Hajar Mansour, Her Son Sayed Nizar Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison
2017-10-30
A Bahraini court sentenced on Monday (October 30, 2017) Hajar Mansour and her son Sayed Nizar Nehme Al-Wadaei to 3 years in prison. It also sentenced her nephew Mahmoud Marzooq to one month in prison and 100 BD fine in a case of “putting fake bomb in A’ali”.
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One-Year Jail Verdict Issued against 2 Detainees Accused of Attacking Policeman in Dry Dock Prison
2017-10-28
Bahrain's First High Criminal Court sentenced two suspects (18 and 19 years), accused of attacking policeman in the phone booths in the Reform and Rehabilitation Directorate, to one year in prison.
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Appeal: 7-Year Jail Term, Citizenship Revocation Sentence against Suspect Accused of Training to Use Weapons in Iraq & Iran
2017-10-27
The Sixth High Criminal Appeals Court issued a 7-year jail term verdict and citizen revocation against a suspect accused of training to use weapons and explosives in Iraq and Iran.
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Court Upholds 3-Year Jail Term Verdict against 6 Suspects over Charge of Burning Tires in Al-Sahla
2017-10-26
The Sixth High Criminal Appeals Court rejected an appeals of 6 convicts out of 7 accused of setting fire and pouring oil in Al-Sahla street last Adha Eid. The court upheld a 3-year jail term verdict against each of the suspects whose ages range between 17 and 25 years.
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Appeals Court Hands down 5-Year Jail Term to Suspect over Planting Fake Bomb in Al-Ekr
2017-10-26
The Sixth High Criminal Appeals Court upheld a verdict issued against a Bahraini electrical technician who used his experience to manufacture a fake bomb which he planted in Al-Ekr. The first-instance court had sentenced him to 5 years in prison and ordered the confiscation of seized items.
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Court Upholds Imprisoning “Drunk” Citizen for Attacking 2 Policemen
2017-10-25
The First Appeals Criminal Court rejected the appeal of a 33-year-old man convicted of attacking two policemen, damaging their military suit, after catching him drunk and quarreling with others. The court upheld imprisoning him to one year in prison with the execution of the sentence after the first-instance court dealt with him in pity.
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Appeals Court Postpones Nabeel Rajab’s Case to November 8 for Final Pleading
2017-10-25
A Bahraini appeals court adjourned the case of president of Bahrain Center for Human Rights and prominent human rights activist Nabeel Rajab until November 8 for final pleading.
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Suspect Accused of Planting Fake Bomb in Jid Ali Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison
2017-10-24
The Fourth High Criminal Court handed down 5-year jail term to a 20-year-old youth accused of planting fake bomb in Jid Ali and ordered the confiscation of seized items.
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Appeal Court: “Wa’ad Dissolution” Case Adjourned for Sentencing until October 26
2017-10-22
Bahrain’s High Administrative Court of Appeal decided to adjourn the case of the dissolution of the National Democratic Action Society (Wa'ad) until October 26, 2017.
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3 Suspects Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison over Planting Fake Bomb in Jeblat Habshi
2017-10-21
The Fourth High Criminal Court sentenced 3 suspects to 3 years in prison over planting fake bomb on public street in Jeblat Habshi and ordered the confiscation of seized items.