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Cassation Court Upholds 3-Year Jail Term against Two Defendants Accused of Burning Couch
2020-06-26
The Court of Cassation upheld a 3-year jail term against a football player and another citizen over burning a couch at the highway entrance in Al-Ma'amir, aiming at disrupting the traffic and putting people's lives to danger, in protest against the execution of martyrs Ahmad Al-Malali and Ali Al-Arab.
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Zuheir Ibrahim's First Comment after Court Upheld his Death Sentence: I didn't Commit Crime, I've Never Practiced Violence
2020-06-17
In his first comment after upholding the death sentence against him, political detainee Zuheir Jassim Ibrahim said that he didn't commit the crime over which he was tried and stressed that he has never practiced violence.
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Torture Story of Political Detainee Zuheir Ibrahim who was Sentence to Death: HR Documentation
2020-06-16
The information mentioned in this report is a brief of a report issued by BCHR two years ago, in which it documented what happened to political prisoner Zuheir Ibrahim Jassim, whose death sentence was upheld on Monday (June 15, 2020) by the cassation court, noting that this was a final verdict pending the King's ratification.
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Cassation Court Upholds Death Sentences against Political Detainees Zuheir Ibrahim and Hussein Abdullah
2020-06-16
The Cassation Court upheld on Monday (June 15, 2020) death sentences against political detainees Zuheir Ibrahim Jassim and Hussein Abdullah Rashid. There are now 11 citizens in Bahrain facing final death sentence pending the ratification of the King of Bahrain.
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Cassation Court Upholds Death Sentence against Political Detainee Zuheir Ibrahim
2020-06-15
The Cassation Court upheld on Monday (June 15, 2020) death sentence against political detainee Zuheir Ibrahim Jassim. He is the ninth to face final death sentence pending the ratification of the King of Bahrain.
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HRW, BIRD Reveal New Torture Details of Two Death Row Convicts
2020-03-10
Bahrain's authorities should overturn the death sentences following unfair trials against two men who say they were tortured, Human Rights Watch and the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD) said. The Court of Cassation, Bahrain's court of last resort, will issue the final verdict in the coming weeks.
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Editorial: A Country Non-Governed by Politics
2020-01-12
Most countries of the world are run by politicians who evaluate situations every day and assess each stage. Decisions change based on data and developments. Daily life events are in continuous change, thus life progresses and the performance of governments around the globe and their approach to different issues shift based on variables, but what about us in Bahrain?
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Amnesty Calls to Quash Hussein Mousa and Mohammad Ramadan's Death Sentences, Dubs their Trial "Unfair"
2020-01-11
Amnesty International described the trial of death row convicts Mohammad Ramdan and Hussein Mousa as "unfair", calling on to holds those suspected of torturing the two men accountable. It also called to quash the conviction and death sentences of both of the men.
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EU Calls on Bahrain to Halt Execution of Mohammad Ramadan and Hussein Mousa
2020-01-10
The European Union confirmed in a statement by the European Union Spokesperson, Peter Stano, that the verdict issued by the Bahrain's High Criminal Court of Appeal confirming the death sentences for Mohammad Ramadan and Hussein Mousa was delivered despite reported concerns on the fairness of the trial.
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Al-Wefaq: Death Sentences against Ramadan and Mousa Reveals Regime's Persistence in Punishing Dissidents
2020-01-09
Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society condemned the appeals court upholding of death sentences against political detainees Mohammad Ramadan and Hussein Ali.
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Appeals Court Upholds Death Sentence against Mohammad Ramadan and Hussein Ali
2020-01-09
The High Appeals Court upheld on Wednesday (January 8, 2020) death sentence against detainees Mohammad Ramadan and Hussein Ali.
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Appeals Court Adjourns Ruling in Case of Death Convicts Hussein Mousa & Mohammad Ramadan until Jan. 8, 2020
2019-12-26
The High Criminal Appeals Court adjourned, for the second time in row, the ruling in case of death convicts Hussein Mousa and Mohammad Ramadan until January 8, 2020.
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BICI Physician Asks King not to Sentence Mohammad Ramadan and Hussein Mousa to Death, Allow him Examine them
2019-12-25
Forensic physician Allen Keller appealed the king not to sentence Hussein Mousa and Mohammad Ramadan to death.
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Appeals Court Adjourns Ruling in Case of Death Convicts Hussein Mousa & Mohammad Ramadan until Dec. 25
2019-11-28
The First High Criminal Court adjourned the ruling in case of death convicts Hussein Mousa and Mohammad Ramadan until December 25.
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Court Upholds Death Sentence against Arab Citizen who Killed Asian, Tried to Allure Police that Murderer is Shiite
2019-10-30
The High Appeals Court upheld, unanimously, death sentence issued against an Arab National citizen who killed an Asian in Al-Houra. The defendant confessed that he murdered the victim and tried to hide traces of crime and mislead the judiciary through writing sectarian expressions on the apartment's wall.
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Death Penalty against Murderer of Two Asians Upheld
2019-10-30
A Bahraini court upheld death penalty issued against a Bahraini who killed two Asians with a hammer and attempted to murder a third one.
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Five Executed, Eight at Imminent risk of Execution: SALAM
2019-10-10
SALAM for Democracy and Human Rights called on the government of Bahrain to commute all death sentences. These sentences followed trials that did not comply with fair trial guarantees, and in which allegations of torture against those sentenced were not investigated, making their confessions legally invalid.
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Reprieve Calls for Signing Petition Raised to Boris Johnson to Re-Try Torture Victim Maher Al-Khabbaz
2019-08-07
Reprieve called on its supporters to sign a petition raised to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson demanding him to interfere and call Bahrain to re-try the torture victim and death convict Maher Al-Khabbaz.
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British Links to Bahrain under Pressure after Four Deaths and Embassy Arrest
2019-08-02
Britain's links to the Bahraini dictatorship are back in the spotlight after a dramatic weekend in which three prisoners were executed, a protester died in suspicious circumstances and a dissident occupied the roof of the country's embassy in London, the Morning Star newspaper reported.
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Photos: Bahraini Community in Beirut Holds Memorial Ceremony for Martyrs Al-Arab and Al-Malali
2019-08-01
The Bahraini community and a number of Bahraini organizations held yesterday a memorial ceremony in Beirut for martyrs Ahmad Al-Malali and Ali Al-Arab, in which representatives of Lebanese, Arab and Bahraini organizations took part in.