Bahraini authorities executed three Bahraini dissidents over alleged role in killing of Emirati officer and two other policemen in political trial that based its convictions on confessions extracted under torture.

Bahrain Human Rights Society appealed Bahrain's king not to approve the deaths sentences issued against 3 dissidents, after fears that the authorities would execute them.

A Bahraini court on Monday upheld death sentences against three people convicted of killing police including an Emirati officer in a bomb attack, a judicial source said.

The Court of Cassation upheld on Monday (January 9, 2017) the death sentence against three defendants over Al-Daih blast that killed an Emirati officer and two policemen.

The Specialized Criminal Court in Riyadh issued on Wednesday (November 30, 2016) 3 new death penalties against citizens from Tarout, in Qatif in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia.

The Bahrain Human Rights Society said in a statement issued Monday on the World Day Against the Death Penalty, that since 2009 until today, the Kingdom of Bahrain has not witnessed any execution of death penalties, yet death penalty sentences are still upheld.

Bahrain Mirror: Detained Bahraini opposition figures called for the release of Sheikh Nimr Al-Nimr who was sentenced to death by a Saudi court because of his opposition to the Saudi regime.

Bahrain Mirror: The leader of the main Bahraini opposition group and secretary-general of Al-Wefaq society, Sheikh Ali Salman, expressed his opposition to the death penalties issued by Bahraini courts, following the Court of Cassation’s decision to uphold death penalties issued against Mohammad Ramadan and Hussein Mousa

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.”

Bahrain Mirror: The British Foreign and Commonwealth Office Minister for the Middle East and North Africa, Mr. Tobias Ellwood, said that “The UK is concerned about the death sentences as handed down by the Bahraini courts.”

Bahrain Mirror: Five human rights organizations called for the most widespread campaign against the verdict issued by the Bahraini Court of Cassation to uphold death penalties against the two citizens, Mohammad Ramadan and Hussein Mousa, whom the authorities brought charges against over political reasons.

Bahrain Mirror: Thousands of Bahrainis took to the streets on Friday (November 20, 2015) to express their opposition to the Court of Cassation’s decision to uphold death penalties against two protestors whom the authorities accuse of killing a policeman.

Bahrain Mirror: Lawyer Mohammed Al-Tajir commented on the death sentences issued against Mohammad Ramadan and Hussein Ali Mousa, saying: “I think the UN should interfere to stop the execution.”

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.