Appeal Court Rejects Appeals of 10 Defendants in “Al-Basta Group” Case, Upholds Sentences against them

The First High Criminal Court issued 6-month jail term against suspect (27 years), accused of attacking two policemen and damaging a vehicle owned by the Ministry of Interior.

Bahrain’s fifth High Court of Appeals upheld a ruling sentencing a defendant to one year in prison for attempting to escape from Al-Hidd police station.

High Criminal Court of Appeals in Bahrain commuted sentence of defendant convicted of attempting to kill two police officers and two policemen in the Diraz area from life to 15 years prison.

Third Minor Criminal Court decided to renew the pre-trial detention of the unionist, who has close ties with the government, Ali Al-Binali for an additional ten days pending investigation in a fraud case.

The Fourth High Criminal Court issued 3-jail term against a suspect and 2-year jail term against 4 others over charges of arsoning and assembling on Al-Budai Street.

The Fifth High Criminal Appeals Court upheld sentencing 2 appellants to 3 years in prison and third appellant to 3 years and bound them, along with 7 convicts, to pay 4530 BD to the victims whose cars were set to fire, after one of them ran for municipal elections in 2014, after the cassation court overturned the appealed sentence.

The Fourth High Criminal Court issued, in absentia, one year jail term and 500 BD fine against a university student studying in London over charge of bringing an air gun and 500 ammunitions with him on a plane. The court ordered the suspension of sentence for three years starting from the date of final judgment and confiscation of seized items.

Fourth high criminal court in Bahrain sentenced Bahraini youth to three years in prison and his brother to one year after convicting them of manufacturing a fake bomb.

The First High Criminal Appeals Court upheld a 15-year jail term against defendant accused of taking part in planting a bomb in security patrol location in Karana. The court also upheld binding the defendant to pay 1178.550 BD for the damages.

Before the execution of his one year prison sentence over charges of issuing a 60,000 dinar check without an account balance, a former Bahraini minister submitted a request to stop the implementation of sentence.

High Criminal Court in Bahrain sentenced five members of the same family, including three sisters, to three years in prison in case involving “covering up” for wanted persons.

High Criminal Court in Bahrain sentenced prominent human rights activist Nabeel Rajab to five years in prison over tweets criticising Bahrain prison torture and misconduct in Saudi Arabia's war in Yemen.

The first high criminal court in Bahrain sentenced a detainee at Dry Dock Prison to six months detention for slapping a policeman in the face during prison riots.

Court of Cassation overturned the ruling issued against 8 out of 24 defendants convicted of joining the ISIS terrorist organization.

The Fourth High Criminal Court sentenced a suspect (22 years old) to 3 years in jail over putting a fake bomb on Al-Budai street, and sentenced his 2 companions (20 years old) to 3 years in prison and ordered the confiscation of seized items.

Fourth High Criminal Court sentenced to two years' imprisonment a Bahraini over charges of setting up a replica of explosives and setting fire to two tires in the Salmabad area.

The Bahraini High Court of Appeal upheld a 35-year prison term for a defendant accused of involvement in a bomb blast in Karana and attempted murder of two policemen

The First High Criminal Court of Appeal in Bahrain upheld a three-year prison sentence issued against a defendant for falsifying an identification card claiming to be a member of the intelligence service, and searching the residence of two Gulf nationals.

High Criminal Court sentenced a Bahraini man to three months in prison, also fining him 500 dinars, after an aerial rifle and nine bullets were seized from the backseat of his vehicle during his arrest over charges of narcotics abuse.