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Bahraini Appeals Court: 10 & 15 Year Jail Terms Handed Down to Suspects Accused of Blowing up ATMs in Sitra & Sanad
2015-10-08
Bahrain Mirror: Bahraini court of cassations upheld in a hearing on Monday (October 5, 2015) the 10 and 15-year jail terms handed down to two suspects accused of blowing up ATMs.
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Bahraini Cassations Court Refuses to Stop Execution of Suspects Accused of Killing Policeman in Al-Dair
2015-10-07
Bahrain Mirror: The Bahraini court of cassations refused to halt the execution sentence issued against two suspects over the case of killing a policeman and others in a bomb blast in Al-Dair.
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Bahraini Woman Sentenced to 6 Months in Prison for Assaulting 2 Police Officers on March 10 in Jaw Prison
2015-10-07
Bahrain Mirror: Bahrain’s First High Criminal Court sentenced a Bahraini woman (38 years old, a mother and sister of two Jaw Prison detainees) to six months in prison for assaulting a male and female police officer in Jaw Prison on March 10, 2015.
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Prosecution Renews Detention of Policeman who Used Drugs for 15 Days Pending Investigation
2015-10-06
Bahrain Mirror: Bahrain’s third criminal court renewed the detention of a policeman for 15 days pending investigations.
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Bahraini Court Sentences Suspect to 10 Years in Prison over Hiding Bomb
2015-10-03
Bahrain Mirror: Bahrain's Fourth High Criminal Court sentenced an accused (21 years old) to 10 years in prison over hiding a bomb in the washroom of a mosque in the Bahraini village of Al-Maqsha.
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Bahraini Appeals Court: Six-Month Prison Term for Gulf National Accused of Assaulting 2 Policemen
2015-10-02
Bahrain Mirror: The Bahraini court of appeals presided over by judge Isa Al-Ka'abi commuted the punishment of a Gulf national from one year to 6 months in prison and upheld expelling him from the country.
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Bahraini Court of Appeals Upholds Life Imprisonment Sentence Against 2 Accused of Bani Jamra Bombing
2015-10-02
Bahrain Mirror: The Bahraini court of appeals upheld the ruling of a court of first instance against two appealers who were sentenced to life imprisonment over a bombing case in Bani Jamra.
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Bahraini Prosecution: FreejKarimi Account Owner Accused of Defaming Foreign Country & Illegal Residence
2015-10-02
Bahrain Mirror: Bahrain’s Muharraq Attorney-General, Mooza Al-Na’ar, said that in the framework of the investigations conducted by the Public Prosecution concerning a suspect, owner of “FreejKarimi” account, it was established that the posted tweets incite hatred and defame a foreign country and its president in a way that affects its relation with the Bahraini Kingdom.
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Bahraini Public Prosecution Renews Detention of Sheikh Hassan Isa for 15 More Days
2015-09-23
Bahrain Mirror: The Bahraini Public Prosecution renewed the detention of senior member of Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, Sheikh Hassan Isa, for 15 additional days pending investigation.
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Bahraini Court Sentences Defendant Accused of Assembly to 5 Years in Prison
2015-09-23
Bahrain Mirror: Bahrain's Fourth High Criminal Court, presided over by judge Ali bin Khalifa Al-Dhahrani, sentenced a suspect (22 years old) accused of participating in an assembly and starting a fire in Buri to 5 years in prison.
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Embezzlement Case of Adel Flaifel Adjourned until December 21
2015-09-19
Bahrain Mirror: A Bahraini high court of appeals decided to adjourn the case of former major Adel Flaifel, in which he is accused of embezzling large amounts of money of a foreign company, until December 21, 2015.
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Bahrain Prime Minister Appoints 2 Directors to Public Prosecution
2015-09-18
Bahrain Mirror: Bahrain News Agency (BNA) said that Bahraini Prime Minister Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa issued an order appointing two directors to the public prosecution.
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Bahraini Prosecution Demanded Convicting Sheikh Ali Salman over Charge of Promoting to Change Regime by Force
2015-09-17
Bahrain Mirror:.The Bahraini prosecution appealed the court’s decision to acquit the defendant, Al-Wefaq Secretary-General Sheikh Ali Salman, of the charge of promoting political change using illegal forceful means and threats.
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Published for First Time: Video of Zainab Al-Khawaja’s Arrest from Jaw Prison in August 2014 Proves Invalidity of Prosecution’s Claims
2015-09-14
Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): A video, published for the first time by Bahrain Mirror, shows the arrest of activist Zainab Al-Khawaja who was taken by members of security forces outside Jaw prison in August 2014 by force, without any reaction from her against them, contrary to the claims of Bahraini authorities saying that she insulted the policewomen.
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Trial of Abdullah Al-Binali (ISIS Preacher Turki Al-Binali’s Brother) Adjourned until October 18
2015-09-12
Bahrain Mirror: Bahrain's First High Criminal Court looked into the case of Abdullah Al-Binali (ISIS preacher Turki Al-Binali's brother), who is accused of using his friend's passport in an attempt to flee the country and decided to adjourn the case until October 18, 2015.
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Bahraini Prosecuted for Assuming Identity of Ruling Al Khalifa Family Member
2015-09-11
Bahrain Mirror: A Bahraini was accused of forging official papers, by assuming the identity of a member of the ruling Al Khalifa family, with the assistance of another Nepali national.
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Bahraini Prosecution: Man Accused of Insulting Bahraini Soldiers Killed in Yemen May Face Up to 10 Years in Prison
2015-09-10
Bahrain Mirror: The Public Prosecution accused a man of publishing posts on social media deemed insulting to the Bahraini soldiers who were killed in Yemen. This crime is punishable by up to 10 years in jail.
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Bahrain Renews Detention of Suspect Accused of Joining ISIS
2015-09-10
Bahrain Mirror: The Bahraini Public Prosecution renewed the detention of a suspect accused of joining the Islamic State in Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS), as an introduction to referring him to court.
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Sheikh Hassan Isa Says He Was Mistreated & Threatened: “You are in a Notorious Place”
2015-09-09
Bahrain Mirror: Al-Wefaq said in a statement that the defence panel met with detained opposition figure Sheikh Hassan Isa for only 3 minutes and found out from him that he was mistreated and threatened by the investigation officer.
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Bahraini Appeals Court to Issue Verdict on “Freezing Al-Wefaq Activity” on Sept. 20
2015-09-07
Bahrain Mirror: Bahrain’s second circuit supreme civil court of appeals will issue verdict on freezing the activities of the country’s main opposition group, Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, for 3 months on September 20, 2015.