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Appeals Court: 3 Year Prison Term Handed Down to Suspect over Burning Tires near Adhari Park
2015-12-03
Bahrain Mirror: The Bahraini Supreme Court of Appeals commuted the sentence issued by the court of first instance against Ali Bahraini (21 years old), who was convicted of burning tires and pouring oils near Adhari Park on the main road, from 5 to 3 years in prison.
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15 Year Prison Term Handed Down to Teenager over Shooting at Police & Joining Al-Mukhtar Brigade Charges
2015-12-02
Bahrain Mirror: The Bahraini Supreme Court of Appeals upheld the 15-year jail term issued against a 17-year old boy, accused of attempting to kill a policeman in Sanabis and joining Al-Mukhtar Brigade.
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7 Accused of Joining Assembly in Sitra Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison
2015-12-01
Bahrain Mirror: The Fourth High Criminal Court in Bahrain sentenced 7 suspects to 5 years in prison over charges of joining an assembly, possessing Molotov cocktails and attacking policemen.
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5-Year Prison Term Handed Down to 27 Accused of Blocking Al-Budai Street
2015-12-01
Bahrain Mirror: The Fourth High Criminal Court sentenced 27 suspects to five years in prison, claiming that they forced an Asian truck driver to dump a load of sand in order to block the Al-Budai Street.
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Appeals Court Upholds 15-Year Prison Term Against Said Al-Hayki over Gudaibiya Bombing
2015-12-01
Bahrain Mirror: The Bahraini High Appeals Court upheld the prison term issued against Said Al-Hayki (45 years old), from Samaheej, who was sentenced to 15 years of imprisonment over charges of manufacturing homemade bombs and detonating the explosives in the Gudaibiya area.
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3-Year Prison Term Handed Down to 3 Suspects over Burning Tires in Samaheej
2015-11-28
Bahrain Mirror: Bahrain's Fourth High Criminal Court presided over by judge Ali Al-Dhahrani sentenced 3 Bahrainis to 3 years in prison over burning tires and joining assembly in Samaheej.
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3-5 Year Prison Terms Handed Down to 5 Suspects over Burning Tires in Sanabes
2015-11-28
Bahrain Mirror: Bahrain's Fourth High Criminal Court, presided over by judge Ali Al-Dhahrani, issued its sentence against 5 suspects over joining assembly and burning tires in Sanabes. The court sentenced the first suspect to 5 years in prison and the remaining 4 to 3 years.
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Two Suspects Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison over Planting Hoax Bomb in Muharraq
2015-11-28
Bahrain Mirror: Bahrain's Fourth High Criminal Court sentenced two suspects to 10 years in prison over planting a hoax bomb on Muharraq old bridge and ordered the confiscation of seized items.
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Bahraini Court Sentences 6 Suspects to 5-10 Years in Prison over Assembly in Saar
2015-11-28
Bahrain Mirror: Bahrain's Fourth High Criminal Court handed down to six suspects prison terms ranging between 5 and 10 over joining assembly and assaulting police in Saar.
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9 HR Groups Urge Dropping Death Sentences Based on Coerced Confessions under Torture
2015-11-27
Bahrain Mirror: Nine human rights organizations expressed great concern over upholding death sentences against two young men “who stated that they were exposed to brutal torture to extract a confession of having committed the murder of a policeman in the Al-Dair village near the Bahrain International Airport area.”
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Bahraini Court Sentences 4 Suspects to 3 & 5 Years in Prison over Assembly in Sitra
2015-11-27
Bahrain Mirror: Bahrain's Fourth High Criminal Court convicted 4 Bahrainis, sentencing the third suspect to 5 years in prison and the 3 others to 3 years over burning tires and joining an assembly in Bahrain’s Sitra.
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Bahrain Court Sentences 11 Accused of Assembly in Al-Budai Street to 5 Years in Prison
2015-11-25
Bahrain Mirror: Bahrain's First High Criminal Cour sentenced 11 suspects to 5 years in prison. The suspects are accused of staging an assembly, burning tires in Al-Budai Street and hurling stones and Molotov cocktails that led to damages in a car that stopped due to street blocking.
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Bahraini Courts Issue 429 Year Prison Terms in Just One Day
2015-11-24
Bahraini Mirror: Bahrain’s main opposition group, Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, said that Bahraini courts have issued on Monday (November 23, 2015) jail terms that reach up to 429 years against 36 protestors.
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Six Protestors Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison over Charges of Setting Fire to Municipality Building in Jidhafs
2015-11-21
Bahrain Mirror: A Bahraini court sentenced 6 protestors on Thursday (November 19, 2015) to 15 years in prison. The court accused them of setting fire to a municipality building in the Bahraini village of Jidhafs. The protestors; however, denied this charge.
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Local Newspaper: Tweeter “Bou Khamees” Sentenced to One Year in Prison Over Insulting Journalist
2015-11-21
Bahrain Mirror: The Bahraini state Al-Ayam newspaper said that a Bahrain court sentenced a tweeter known as “Bou Khamees” to one full year in prison after convicting him of insulting a journalist.
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Criminal Court Rejects Military Court Verdict to Imprison Suspect for 5 Years & Declares him Not Guilty
2015-11-21
Bahrain Mirror: Bahrain's First High Criminal Court, presided over by judge Mohammad bin Ali Al Khalifa with the membership of judges Dia' Huraidi and Issam-Eldeen Mohammad Khalil and Naji Abdullah as secretariat, declared a suspect not guilty after rejecting a sentence to imprison him for 5 years, as previously issued by a National Safety Court, over charges of attacking Al-Khamis police station.
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13 Suspects Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison over Charges of Burning Tires in Hamad Town
2015-11-20
Bahrain Mirror: Bahrain's First High Criminal Court sentenced 13 suspects to 10 years in prison over setting an electrical generator used to light up national day decorations on fire as well as a number of tires in Hamad Town.
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Court of Cassation Hands down Death Sentences to Mohammad Ramadan & Hussein Mousa…Decision in Hands of King
2015-11-19
Bahrain Mirror: The Bahraini court of cassation upheld on Monday (November 16, 2015) the death penalty against the two detainees, Mohammad Ramadan and Hussein Ali Mousa, over charges of killing a policeman in Al-Dair bombing that took place in 2014 and upheld prison sentences against 10 others.
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Bahraini Appeals Court Demands Proving Lifting Immunity from Former MP Accused of Insulting MoI
2015-11-19
Bahrain Mirror: Bahrain’s court of appeals looked into the appeal brought forth by the former Member of Parliament Khalid Abdulaal (not imprisoned) who has been sentenced by the court of first instance to a one full year in prison over posting tweets on his personal Twitter account deemed insulting to the Ministry of Interior.
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Bahraini Court Sentences 12 Suspects to Life-Imprisonment & Revokes their Citizenships over 6 Bombings that Left No Fatalities
2015-11-18
Bahrain Mirror: Bahrain's First High Criminal Court sentenced twelve suspects to life imprisonment and revoked their Bahraini citizenships in a case of 14 suspects accused of establishing a “terrorist group that made several bomb blasts targeting security forces in Al-Qaria and Janabiyah.”