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Death Sentence against 3 Asians over Deliberate Murder
2020-08-12
The Cassation Court upheld death sentence against 3 Asians over deliberate murder. Chief Prosecutor Ali Al-Shuwiakh stated that the Court of Cassation unanimously upheld the execution of three defendants over charge of deliberate murder and theft.
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Last Call on Behalf of Mohammad Ramadan's Kids: Don't Destroy Their Lives
2020-07-18
The Cassation Court issued the final verdict against Mohammad Ramadan and Hussain Moosa over charges of killing a policeman and other terrorism-related charges, even though both of the defendants stated that security men tortured and sexually assaulted them to extract confessions.
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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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Cassation Court Upholds Verdicts Reaching Life Sentences against 55 defendants in “Zulfiqar Brigades” Case, Overrules Citizenship Revocation
2019-07-02
The Cassation Court upheld verdicts issued against 55 defendants in Zulfiqar Brigades case and overruled their citizenship revocation sentences.
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Cassation Court Rejects Bahrain Bar Association Challenge against Justice Ministry Decision to Monitor their Works
2019-07-02
The cassation court rejected the challenge of Bahrain Bar Association against minister of justice's order 64/2017 to monitor the works of lawyers offices and their clients, committing to international agreements regarding anti-monetary laundering and funding terrorism.
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Proof Confessions Extracted Under Duress: Political Prisoner Acquitted of Attacking Armored Vehicle Charge despite Another Prisoner’s Confession
2019-03-30
After unjustly spending two years in prison, a Bahraini court acquitted a political prisoner of charges of attacking, along with other unknown suspects, a security armored vehicle using Molotov cocktails in Al-Shakhoura in 2016, and abolished a 7-year prison sentence issued against him. The prisoner's name was mentioned in the confessions of another prisoner.
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Bahrain Shiite Opposition Leader Loses Appeal against Life Sentence
2019-01-28
Bahrain's supreme court, whose verdicts are final, on Monday upheld a life term for Shiite opposition leader Sheikh Ali Salman for spying for Gulf rival Qatar, a judicial source said.
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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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Interior Minister Receives President of Cassation Court, Stresses Importance of Independent Judiciary
2017-08-04
Minister of Interior Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa received on Thursday (August3, 2017) the new president of the Cassation Court Abdulla bin Hassan Al-Buainian on the occasion of his appointment in his new post.