The Bahraini Supreme Court of Appeals upheld a 5-year prison term issued in absentia against 3 appellants over charges of setting a scrap vehicle ablaze in Diraz.

The Second High Criminal (Appeals) Court upheld on Wednesday (May 4, 2016) the verdict against the stateless Ibrahim Karimi who was stripped of his Bahraini nationality, sentencing him to 2 years and 1 month in prison and fining him 2,100 Bahraini dinars.

The Bahraini Fourth High Criminal Court issued sentences against 30 defendants over a bomb blast and assembly that took place in Diraz in 2014. One defendant was acquitted, 8 others were sentenced to life-imprisonment and one suspect was stripped of his citizenship, while a 5-year prison term was handed down to 20 others with 3000 BD fine.

The Bahraini Fourth High Criminal Court sentenced on Thursday (April 28, 2016) 3 suspects to life in prison, over acquiring arms and ammunition and 2 other suspects to a 3-year prison term, fining each one of them 500 BD.

The Bahraini authorities released on Friday (April 29, 2016) Shiite cleric Sayed Mahdi Al-Mosawi who had served a 5-year prison term.

Bahrain's Special Investigation Unit (SIU) Deputy Chief Mohammed Khalid Al-Hazaa said that the Second Minor Criminal Court acquitted on Thursday (April 28, 2016) two Public Security staff of charges of assaulting the bodily integrity of others.

The Bahraini Fourth High Criminal Court sentenced two defendants to life in prison over detonating two bombs and acquiring firearms and ammunition at Al-Ekr entrance and 6 others to 15 years in prison while acquitting one defendant.

A Bahraini court sentenced on Thursday (April 28, 2016) a Shiite cleric Fadel Al-Zaki and activist Nader Abdulimam to six months in prison over protesting in the Bahraini capital, Manama.

A Bahraini court sentenced on Thursday (April 28, 2016) dissidents to life-imprisonment over charges of “acquiring explosives” and stripped a number of defendants of their Bahraini citizenship.

The Bahraini Supreme Court of Appeals upheld a court of first instance's verdict against 5 suspects over abducting a citizen claiming he is a spy. The court sentenced the suspects to 7 years in prison and the fourth suspect to one year in prison over stealing the phones of the victim.

Bahrain’s Public Prosecution stated that the fourth high criminal court issued its sentence on April 27, 2016 against three suspects accused of detonating a bomb that injured a policeman, acquiring explosives and destroying two vehicles owned by the police.

The Bahraini Supreme Court of Appeals upheld a court of first instance's verdict against 3 appellants over charges of setting fire to an ATM in Hamad Town.

The Bahraini Supreme Court of Appeals upheld a court of first instance's verdict against 6 suspects over blowing up a gas cylinder outside a money exchange shop in Bahrain’s Saar. The court had sentenced 4 of the suspects to 10 years in prison and 2 others to 5.

A Bahraini court sentenced 5 dissidents, 4 of whom are from the same family, to life imprisonment over charges of attempting to smuggle explosives.

Member of Bahrain Center for Human Rights, Hussain Radhi, said a court sentenced Laila Mansour Marzooq, from Bani Jamra, to 3 months in prison for standing outside a police station demanding the release of her son.

Bahrain's Fourth High Criminal Court adjourned the case of Al-Wefaq senior official Sheikh Hassan Isa, in which he was accused of funding a "terrorist group" until May 16, 2016 to listen to the attesting witnesses' testimonies.

Bahraini Supreme Court of Appeals upheld a court of first instance's verdict against 12 suspects over charges of burning tires and pouring oil near Al-Nasr Club in Juffair.

Advocate General, Acting Attorney General to the Terror Crime Prosecution, Hamad Al-Buainain, announced that the fifth criminal court issued its verdict against four suspects accused of "resisting policemen on duty, acquiring arms and ammunition for a terrorist purpose.

A Bahraini court sentenced a policeman (29 years old) and a inmate (40 years old) at the Reform and Rehabilitation Center (Jaw Prison) to 3 years in prison after convicting them of bribery and smuggling banned items (Viagra and nuts) into prison.

Bahrain's Fifth High Criminal Court sentenced 16 suspects accused of assembling, acquiring Molotov cocktails and starting fire in Sanabis to 7 years in prison and ordered the confiscation of seized items.