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Appeals Court Upholds Death Penalty against Murderer of Imam of Bin Shida Mosque
2018-11-28
The High Appeals Court upheld, unanimously, death penalty against murderer of Imam of Bin Shida mosque in Muharraq.
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Appeals Court to Issue its Ruling in Case of Murderer of Bin Shida Imam on Nov. 27
2018-11-20
The First High Appeals Court adjourned the hearing in the appeal filed by the Bengali Muezzin, who murdered Imam Abduljaleel Hmood, and his companion in crime until November 27 for ruling.
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AFP: Bahrain Sentences Four to Death for Police Killing
2018-11-15
Bahrain’s top criminal court on Monday sentenced four Shiite Muslims to death for a 2017 bombing that killed a policeman, a judicial official and the public prosecutor said.
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BCHR: 32 Death Sentences since 2011
2018-11-14
Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) condemned the Bahraini judiciary's insistence on resorting to death penalty, dubbing it “inhumane punishment”.
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Amnesty Says Executions of Saudi Shi'ite Prisoners Imminent
2018-11-08
Amnesty International warned on Wednesday that the executions of 12 Saudi Shi’ite Muslim prisoners could be imminent, after they were sent to a secretive state security body that reports directly to the king.
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Cassation Court Rejects Death Sentence of Mohammad Ramadan and Hussein Ali, Refers Case to Appeals Court
2018-10-24
The Court of Cassation rejected the appealed death penalty issued against two political activists whom the authorities accuse of killing a policeman.
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22 Convicted to Death Penalty, 83 Articles in Bahraini Constitution on Death Penalty
2018-10-11
Legal advisor for Bahrain Center for Human Rights Ibrahim Serhan announced that “number of people convicted to death in Bahrain reached 22, 4 of whom are sentenced to final verdict, and 4 others have received commuted sentences to life in jail”.
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BCHR Issues Report Revealing Violations of Military Judiciary in Trying Civilians
2018-10-09
The Bahrain Center for Human Rights issued a new report entitled "Death Courts". The report was issued in Arabic and English to highlight violations of military justice and to try civilians before and after the amendment of the Military Justice Act.
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British Organization Calls for Putting More Pressure on Bahrain to Prevent Execution of 21 People
2018-09-08
Britain's Reprieve called for signing a petition to prevent Bahrain from carrying out the death penalty on 21 people on death row, many of them political prisoners.
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Cabinet Approves Toughening Penalty for Manufacture and Use of Molotov Cocktails Reaching Up to Death Penalty
2018-05-23
The Bahraini Cabinet discussed in its weekly session on Monday (May 21, 2018) the punishment for the manufacture and use of Molotov cocktails.
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Prosecution to Reconsider Death Sentences against Mohammad Ramadan and Hussein Mousa, Taking into Account New Elements in Case
2018-05-03
The Special Investigation Unit (SIU) agreed to reconsider the death verdict issued against two death row convicts Mohammad Ramadan and Hussein Mousa.
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UN Calls for Retrial of 4 Bahrainis Whose Death Verdicts were Commuted to Life Sentences
2018-05-02
UN human rights experts called for retrial of each of Mohammad Abdulhassan Al-Mutaghawi, Fadhel Sayed Radhi, Sayed Alawi Hussein and Mubarak Adel Mubarak Mhanna who were sentenced to death before their verdicts were commuted to life in jail, on charges of joining terrorist cell and attempting to assassinate the Bahrain Defense Force commander-in-Chief.
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Cassation Military Court Upholds Death Penalty of 4 Bahrainis on charges of “Attempted Assassination of Marshal
2018-04-26
Cassation Military Court Upholds Death Penalty of 4 Bahrainis on charges of “Attempted Assassination of Marshal
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Reports Say Families of Prisoners on Death Row Informed to Attend Military Court Tomorrow
2018-04-26
There are reports saying that the families of the Bahrainis sentenced to death were informed that one person from each family should attend the military court tomorrow.
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Cassation Court Adjourns Salman Isa's Death Penalty Case until May 7 for sentencing
2018-04-25
The cassation court adjourned the case of killing Pakistani police officer Mahmoud Fareed in East Eker to issue a verdict again in the case on May 7th session.
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Public Prosecution Demands Reconsidering Hussein Moussa and Mohammad Ramadan’s Death Sentences after Emergence of “New Documents not Known at Time of Trial”
2018-03-29
Bahraini Public Prosecution has demanded a review of the death sentences of Hussein Moussa and Mohammad Ramadan on the basis of a warrant received from the Special Investigation Unit.
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Death Row in Bahrain: 30 Death Sentences Issued against Political Defendants since 2011
2018-03-08
Four Bahrainis are currently on death row, awaiting the King's ratification of their death sentences, in politically-motivated cases.
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Military Appeal Court Upholds Death Penalties and Revocation of Nationalities of Bahrainis Accused of “Plotting to Assassinate Military Chief Commander”
2018-02-21
High Military Court of Appeals upheld the death sentences and the revocation of citizenships of the defendants accused of plotting to assassinate the Bahraini Commander-in-Chief Marshal Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa.
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Death Penalty Handed down to Defendant, Life Sentence to 13 Others & 25 Bahrainis Stripped of their Nationalities in Karana Bombing Case
2018-02-01
The Fourth High Criminal Court in Bahrain, headed by Judge Ali Khalifa Al Dhahrani, unanimously ruled on Thursday (February 1, 2018) sentencing Mousa Abdullah Mousa Jaafar to death on charges of killing a policeman in the Karana bombing.
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Bahraini Military Appeals Court to Announce Death Penalties of 6 Bahrainis on February 21
2018-02-01
A military appeals court in Bahrain announced on Wednesday (January 31, 2018) adjourning the military commander attempted murder case until the February 21 for deliberation and sentencing.