The Sixth High Appeals Court upheld the imprisonment of a convict out of 8 convicts accused of assembly and arson in Sadad. The court sentenced him to 3 years in prison over the charges brought against him.

The Sixth High Appeals Court upheld verdicts issued against 12 suspects accused of setting fire to tires and assembling in Al-Markh. The first instance court had sentenced 5 suspects to 3 years in prison and 7 others, who are under 18 year, to 2 years, over the same charge.

The Public Prosecution interrogated on Sunday (September 17, 2017) human rights activists, charged them with assembly and confirmed the issuance of a travel ban decision against them.

The Bahraini public prosecution office charged four activists with “illegal assembly” after interrogating the activists in the authorities’ latest campaign launched against rights defenders in Bahrain.

The Public Prosecution interrogated the two opposition leaders Radhi Al-Mosawi and Ibrahim Sharif as well as journalist Ahmed Radhi and charged them all with “assembly”, aiming at justifying the travel ban against them.

The Public Prosecution charged the prominent human rights activist Abdulnabi Al-Ekri and journalist Faisal Hayyat with “assembly” and taking part in an unlicensed protest.

The Fourth High Criminal Court acquitted two suspects of charges of assembling and setting fire in Al-Houra and sentenced two others to 6 months in prison.

The Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Twenty-Seventh session issued an unedited version of its draft report on Bahrain, on Wednesday (May 3, 2017). The 2017 recommendations seem to mirror the 2012 recommendations, as both sets line up to 176 recommendations.

Canada demanded the government of Bahrain to halt its policy of dissolving opposition political parties, and urged it to allow peaceful protests and abolish penalties on assembly.

The Supreme Court of Appeals reduced the sentence of 3 suspects, accused of assembling and burning cars, from 10 to 5 years in jail and ordered the confiscation of seized items.

The Supreme Court of Appeal upheld a first instance court 5-year prison verdict against an appellant in a case linked to burning tires, illegal assembly, and endangering public property

The Supreme Court of Appeal upheld a 3-year prison verdict against a defendant over a case linked to illegal assembly and riots.

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.

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.

The Supreme Court of Appeal upheld a First Instance Court 5-year imprisonment verdict against a defendant, and 9 others, and ordered the confiscation of objects found in their custody.

The Supreme Court of Appeal amended the prison verdict issued against 10 appellant from 3-5 years in prison to 2-3 years.

The High Criminal Court ruled a 3-year imprisonment verdict against a defendant accused of causing fire and taking part in illegal assembly in Sitra.

Bahrain's Fourth High Criminal Court sentenced suspects to 3 years in prison over taking part in an assembly and setting fire in Samaheej. Meanwhile, the court rejected the objection of one of the suspects.

The third minor criminal court presided over by judge Jaber Al-Jazzar and Hussein Yousif as a secretariat handed down Mulla Hani Besira 6-month jail term over assembling in Diraz.

Family and Child Prosecution chief Moza Al-Naar said that the Public Prosecution received a notice from Hamad station stating that on January 22, 2017 at about 3:30 PM, a group of 15 persons assembled in Shahrakan and set fire to a water tank. When the policemen arrived, the protestors hurled Molotov against them.