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NGOs Urge Bahraini King not to Ratify Ali Al-Arab and Ahmed Al-Malali's Death Sentences
2019-05-31
12 human rights organizations urged King of Bahrain to commute the death sentences of Ali Al-Arab and Ahmed Al-Malali, after the exhaustion of all legal remedies available to them after the Court of Cassation rejected their appeal.
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Mohammed bin Salman Broke Promises to Western Media to Reduce Death Sentences
2019-05-15
Speaking to Time magazine a year ago, the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman promised to reduce the death sentences to the minimum. What do numbers say one year later?
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Al-Wefaq: Executions in Saudi Arabia Represent Major Earthquake in Region
2019-04-25
The Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society condemned the executions carried out by the Saudi authorities and considered them "a crime represented a major earthquake in the entire region."
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UK Condemns Saudi Arabia over Mass Executions
2019-04-25
Britain has issued its sharpest condemnation of the direction of Saudi Arabian human rights policy, describing its mass executions as "repulsive" and "utterly unacceptable in the modern world".
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EU Condemns Executions in Saudi Arabia
2019-04-25
The European Union condemned the execution of 37 people simultaneously in different cities across the country carried out by Saudi Arabia. It said that this marks the largest number of executions in a single day in Saudi Arabia since 2016.
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US Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib Attacks Saudi Crown Prince over Human Rights Violations
2019-04-24
The British the "Daily Mail" newspaper said that US Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib attacked Mohammed bin Salman in a Twitter rant on Tuesday, accusing him of "torturing and executing children".
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Saudi Arabia Executes 37 Men Including Cleric who had Preached for Peace between Sunnis and Shiites: British Website
2019-04-24
A British website said that among the 37 men executed in Saudi Arabia over "Terrorism Offences" was a religious leader who had preached for peace between Sunni and Shiite Muslims.
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U.N. Rights Boss Condemns Saudi Arabia Beheading 37 Men
2019-04-24
United Nations human rights chief Michelle Bachelet on Wednesday strongly condemned the executions of 37 Saudi men beheaded in six cities across the kingdom a day before, a statement said.
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Saudi Arabia Crucifies Prisoner, Executes 36 Others (American Website)
2019-04-24
The America The Insider website said that Saudi Arabia crucified a prisoner and executed 36 others in largest mass killing in over 3 years.
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As World Moves towards Abolishing Death Penalty, Bahraini Parliament Passes it against Molotov Cocktail Throwers
2019-04-12
As the world moves towards abolishing the death penalty, the Bahraini Parliament has passed new amendments toughening the punishment against those who use Molotov cocktails to the death penalty.
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Jaw Prison Police Threatens Death-Row Convicts: These are Your Last Days
2018-12-21
A number of political death row prisoners in Bahrain said that on Tuesday (December 18, 2018) police attacked the unarmed building in the notorious Jaw Prison and evacuated all death-row convicts from the building, hand folded them and made them stand for long hours. They also threatened them saying that these were their last days and they will soon be executed.
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Serhan Describes Judge Al-Dhahrani as “Butcher of Dissidents”
2018-11-30
Bahraini lawyer Ibrahim Serhan described judge Ali Khalifa Al-Dhahrani as “butcher of dissidents and human rights activists in Bahrain”.
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Court Issues Death Sentences against Zuheir Ibrahim and Mohammad Mahdi after Accusing them of Targeting Police Bus
2018-11-30
The High Criminal Court Issued on Thursday (November 29, 2018) death sentences against two detainees who were severely tortured to confess that they targeted a bus for security men, leaving one dead and others injured.
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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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Death Sentences Issued against 4 Bahrainis Raise Number of Death Convicts to 20
2018-11-13
Four people were sentenced to death on Monday (November 12, 2018) over charge of detonating a bomb in a security patrol, which led to the death of one of its members named (Abdulsamad Abdullah), according to the interior ministry claims.
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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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Final Death Sentence against 2 Asians over Killing their Friend and Hiding his Corpse
2018-11-06
Bahrain’s Cassation Court rejected the appeals presented by two Asians on their death sentences after being convicted of murdering their friend and burring his corpse in a house under construction in Isa Town.
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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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Saudi Arabia Issues Death Penalty against 4 Citizens over Forming Cell to Collude with Iran
2018-06-08
The Specialized Criminal Court issued preliminary verdict sentencing 4 citizens to death over charge of establishing cell to collude with Iran, training theoretically and practically in the camps of Iran's Revolutionary Guard on the use of weapons and explosives and street fighting.