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Bahraini Youth Faces 137 Years in Prison and over half Million BD Bail
2016-11-28
A Bahraini court sentenced on Thursday (November 24, 2016) a youth to 10 years in prison and 382000 BD bail. The youth is accused of setting fire to a cars agency in Sitra.
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Appeals Court Upholds One-Year Jail Term against Detainee over Throwing his Shoes at Judge Al-Dhahrani
2016-11-27
The Supreme Appeals Court upheld a first-degree verdict sentencing detainee, Ahmad Shaker, to one-year in prison over throwing his shoes at judge Ali Khalifa Al-Dhahrani during his trial.
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Appeals Court Upholds Life-Imprisonment Sentence against Suspect over Blowing Up Restroom in Sitra
2016-11-25
The Supreme Appeals Court upheld a first-degree verdict sentencing a defendant to life-imprisonment over causing an explosion in restroom in petrol station in Sitra and acquiring arms.
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3&10-Year Jail Term Handed down to Suspects over Planting 2 Hoax Bombs in Tubli
2016-11-25
The Bahraini Fourth High Criminal Court sentenced 8 suspects over planting hoax bomb in Tubli and making riots.
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10-Year Jail Term Handed down to Suspect over Setting Fire to Stores in Sitra
2016-11-25
The Bahraini Fourth High Criminal Court handed down 10-year jail term to a suspect (18 years) after convicting him of setting fire to a group
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Appeals Court Upholds Life-Imprisonment against 3 Defendants over Detonating Bomb in Al-Shakhoura
2016-11-24
The Supreme Appeals Court upheld a first-degree verdict sentencing defendants to life-imprisonment over detonating a bomb in Al-Shakhoura that, according to the authorities’ claims, left an injured policeman.
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Reuters: Bahrain Sentences Six to Life in Prison for Attempted Police Bombing
2016-11-24
A Bahraini court has sentenced six people to life in prison for targeting police by planting a bomb near the entrance to the town of Maameer in May last year, the kingdom's public prosecution office said on Wednesday.
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AFP: Six Sentenced to Life for Bahrain Police Murder Plot
2016-11-24
A court in Bahrain sentenced six people today to life in prison after finding them guilty of involvement in a plot to kill police officers with explosives.
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Jaw Prison Guards Attack Isolated Cell Block of Death Row Prisoners
2016-11-19
Sources said Jaw Prison guards attacked the isolated cell block, where dissidents and other inmates either sentenced to death or life imprisonment are held.
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Court Hands down 3-Year Jail Term to Defendant over Hiding Fugitive
2016-11-16
The First High Criminal Court sentenced a defendant to 3 years in prison over hiding a convict.
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Appeals Court Hands down 3-Year Jail Term to Tweeter "Haji Ahmed" over Criticizing War on Yemen
2016-11-12
The High Appeals court amended the First Instance Court's verdict, sentencing the owner of "Haji Ahmed" twitter account to 3 years instead of 5. The authorities accuse Haji Ahmed of "insulting the forces taking part in the decisive storm and spreading false news and rumors that would endanger and intimidate people in war time".
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Appeals Court Hands down 2-Year Jail Term to Defendant over Burning Tires in Sitra
2016-11-11
The High Appeals Court commuted the sentence of an appellant, reducing his prison term for 3 to 2 years over arson and assembly in Sitra.
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Suspect Loses Right to Appeal, Court Upholds 15-Year Jail Term against Him over "Attempted Murder" of Policeman
2016-11-09
The high appeals court presided over by judge Mohammad bin Ali Al Khalifa and Naji Abdullah as secretariat refused the objection of a defendant in a case of attempting to murder a policeman.
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Appeals Court Hands down 10-Year Jail Term to Defendant Accused of Assembly in Ras Rumman
2016-11-08
The sixth high appeals court issued its first verdict, accepting the appeal in form yet rejecting it in substance, thus making the prison sentence 10 years, after the cassation court overturned it.
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Appeals Court Upholds One-Year Jail Term against Ibrahim Sharif
2016-11-07
The Appeals Court upheld on Monday (November 7, 2016) the First Instance Court’s verdict that sentenced the prominent opposition leader Ibrahim Sharif to one full year in prison.
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2 and 5-Year Jail Term handed down to 13 Defendants over Assembly in Buri
2016-11-02
The Bahraini Fourth High Criminal Court handed down 5-year jail term to 8 suspects and 2-year jail term to 5 others over arson and assembly in Buri.
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Court Hands down 5&3-Year Jail Term to 5 Suspects over Planting Hoax Bomb in Tubli
2016-11-01
The Bahraini Fourth High Criminal Court handed down 5-year jail term to 3 suspects over planting hoax bomb in Tubli and 3-year jail term to 2 others and ordered the confiscation of seized items.
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MoI Says Bahraini Wanted by Saudi Arabia Left Country in 2012
2016-11-01
The Bahraini Ministry of Interior said on Sunday (October 30, 2016) that the Bahraini suspect whose name was mentioned among the 9 suspects in Saudi Arabia left the country via the King Fahad Causeway in 2012.
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Verdict on Dissolving Al-Wefaq and Closing its Headquarters Challenged before Cassation Court
2016-10-30
Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society challenged on Sunday (October 30, 2016) the verdict issued against it, demanding its overturn.
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Court Hands down Life Sentences to Suspects, Revokes Citizenships of 15 over "Establishing Terrorist Group"
2016-10-28
A Bahraini court issued on Thursday (October 27, 2016) harsh sentences against 15 dissident accused of establishing a terrorist group; a charge the authorities usually bring against opposition activists.