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Sheikh Al-Daqaq Comments on his Citizenship Revocation: It Targets those Demanding Rights, Particularly Those Defending Sheikh Isa Qassim
2017-04-02
Sheikh Abdullah Al-Daqaq, prominent Bahraini cleric and director of Hawza in Iranian City of Qom, commented on the verdict issued by a Bahraini court, sentencing him along with 2 others to 10 years in prison and revoking their citizenship. He stressed that the decision was based on “a vexatious and void trial." "I don’t recognize it," he added. "This trial targets everyone who demands legitimate and just rights for our oppressed people in Bahrain, in particular the ones who defend Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim.”
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Authorities Revoke Nationality of Sheikh Abdullah Al-Daqaq along with Two Others
2017-04-02
A Bahraini court stripped the citizenship of prominent cleric Sheikh Abdullah Al-Daqaq along with two others after regime courts issued sentences reaching 15 years in prison against them. It is to mention that Al-Daqaq is the director of a scientific Hawza in Iranian City of Qom.
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Appeals Court Upholds 3-5 Prison Terms over "Hoax Bomb in Saar"
2017-04-01
Bahraini High Appeals Court upheld a 5-year prison term against an appellant and 3-year prison term against three others over charges of planting hoax bomb, setting fire to tires and assaulting policemen in the Saar area.
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Appeals Court Upholds 1-5 Year Prison Terms Handed down to 3 Defendants over Burning Garbage Container in Tubli
2017-04-01
Bahraini High Appeals Court upheld a five-year prison sentence issued against an appellant and a one-year term against two others over charges of blocking road and setting fire to a garbage container in Tubli.
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Al-Wefaq Describes Death Penalties and Imprisonment of Sheikh Hassan Isa as Acts of Reprisal
2017-03-31
Al-Wefaq condemned what it described as retaliatory death and lengthy prison sentences issued by Bahraini courts against a number of citizens, including former MP Sheikh Hassan Isa.
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Bahrain Court Hands down 10-15 Year Prison Terms to Three defendants, Strips them of Nationality in Politically Motivated Case
2017-03-31
Bahrain’s fourth high criminal court sentenced one defendant to 15 years in prison and two others to 10 years, also revoking all the defendants’ Bahraini nationalities in a politically motivated case.
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Appeal: 5&17-Year Jail Term Handed down to Defendants, 12 Stripped of Citizenships over Forming “Saraya Al-Ashtar” Group
2017-03-30
The Supreme Court of Appeals commuted the life-term sentences of 7 appellants to 15 years only and commuted the 10-year jail of others to 7 years over “Saraya Al-Ashtar” case. The court, however, upheld revocation of the defendants’ nationalities and the fines imposed on them.
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Appeal: 5-Year Jail Term to Defendants Accused of Escaping from Prisoners Transport Bus
2017-03-29
The Supreme Court of Appeals upheld 5-year jail term against a defendant in the case of escaping from prisoners transport bus that was transporting them from Dry Dock Prison.
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Al-Wefaq Leader Sheikh Hassan Isa Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison
2017-03-29
Bahrain's Fourth High Criminal Court sentenced on Wednesday (March 29, 2017) Al-Wefaq prominent leader and former MP Sheikh Hassan Isa to 10 years in prison.
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3 to 7 Years Prison Verdicts against 5 Defendants for Burning Tires, Planting Fake Bombs in Buri
2017-03-28
The Fourth High Criminal Court ruled the imprisonment of 3 defendants to 7 years in prison, and 2 others to 3 years in prison, in case linked to planting fake bombs in the town of Buri.
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Military Judiciary Sentences Murderer of Eman Salehi to Life in Jail
2017-03-22
The military court issued on Tuesday (March 21, 2017) a life imprisonment sentence against murderer of Eman Salehi, according to Military Judiciary Chief Youssef Flaifel.
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Court Sentences 2 Suspects to 3 Years in Prison over Kidnapping Two Persons, Claiming They are Informants
2017-03-20
The First High Criminal Court sentenced 2 defendants to 3 years in prison over taking part in kidnapping their two friends, beating them and stealing them, claiming they work as informants to the ministry of interior.
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Appeals Court: Life Imprisonment & 15-Year Terms Handed down to Defendants in “Manama Youth” Case
2017-03-17
Bahraini High Criminal Appeals Court denied the challenge of a defendant sentenced to 15 years in prison, while upholding a life imprisonment sentence against another in the case involving the murder of a Pakistani national, known as the “Shabab al-Manama” case during 2011.
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Appeals Court: 7&10-Year Jail Term to 2 Defendants Accused of Assembling and Setting Police Patrol to Fire
2017-03-14
Bahrain's Supreme Court of Appeal upheld 10-year jail term against 2 appellants and lengthened the 7-year jail term of another to 10. It also bound them, along with the other convicted by the first-instance court, to pay 2149 BD and 600 fils for the damages caused in the ministry of interior’s vehicle and ordered the confiscation of seized items.
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Court Upholds 3-Year Jail Term against 4 Suspects Accused of Assembling and Burning Tires
2017-03-14
Bahrain's Supreme Court of Appeal presided over by Judge Mohammad bin Ali Al Khalifa and Naji Abdullah as a secretariat upheld 3-year jail term against 4 appellants over arson and assembly case.
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Court Issues 5-Year Jail Term against 2 Defendants over Burning Tires in Buri
2017-03-13
The Fourth High Criminal Court sentenced 2 defendants (19 and 23 years) to 5 years in prison after convicting them of assembling and burning tires in Buri.
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Court Upholds 10&7-Year Jail Term against 2 Defendants over Assembling in Diraz
2017-03-13
Bahrain's Supreme Court upheld 7-year jail term against a suspect and 10-year jail term against another one over assembling in Diraz.
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Appeals Court Hands down 10&13-Year Jail Term to 4 Defendants Accused of Setting Patrol to Fire
2017-03-13
Bahrain's Supreme Court upheld 10-year jail term against 3 defendants and 13-year jail term against another one over burning patrol, assembling and acquiring ammunitions.
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3&5-Year Jail Term Handed down to 6 Defendants Accused of Assembly
2017-03-08
The Fourth High Criminal Court secretariat sentenced 3 defendants to 5 years in prison and 3 others to 3 years over assembly case and ordered the confiscation of seized items.
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Appeals Court Upholds 10-Year Jail Term against Suspect in Assembly Case in Manama
2017-03-08
The Supreme Court of Appeals ignored the objection of a suspect sentenced to 10 years in prison over assembling. The first-instance court had sentenced 3 suspects to 3 years in prison and another one to 10 years.