Bahrain's First High Criminal Court sentenced a defendant to 10 years in prison and 10 others to 5 years (because they are under 18) over torturing a youth in Diraz.

Bahrain’s First High Criminal Court sentenced a defendant to 10 years in prison and 10 others to 5 years (because they are under 18) over torturing a youth in Diraz.

Bahrain’s Supreme Court of Appeals upheld a first-instance verdict sentencing 5 suspects to 15 years in prison and commuted the sentence of others to 10 years in prison over attempting to kill an officer and policeman in Diraz.

A Bahraini court sentenced a defendant to 5 years in prison over putting a hoax bomb in Isa Town and acquitted him of attempting to blast a real bomb and ordered the confiscation of seized items.

An Emirati court sentenced on Wednesday (April 26, 2017) two Bahrainis, Abbas Ahmad Marzooq, 37 years, and Ali Hassan Al-Hinni, 37 years, to 3 years in prison and 500.000 Dirham (about 50.000 BD) fine over publishing footage on social media outlets.

The Supreme Court of Appeals upheld 3-month jail term issued against a father who attacked a policeman in a house raid carried out to arrest his son.

The Supreme Court of Appeals upheld a first-instance court sentencing an appellant to life term sentence over a case that contains 3 suspects (2 fugitives) over blasting an explosive targeting policemen.

Bahrain’s court sentenced two suspects to 10 years in prison and stripped them of their nationalities on charges of undergoing training on the use of weapons and explosives.

The High Administrative Court, presided over by Judge Joma’a al-Moussa, overturned a decision placing “Awal” Bank under the management of Central Bank, and canceled the decision to appoint an external director to manage it.

The First High Criminal Court upheld on Monday (April 24, 2017) a verdict issued against 9 youths from Diraz, sentencing them to 7 years in prison over burning tires on Al-Budai Street. Meanwhile, the court commuted the verdict issued against 3 youths over the same case, sentencing one to 2 years in prison and 2 others to 3 years.

The Sixth High Court of Appeals ordered the prosecution to investigate the reasons behind not bringing 5 appellants in a case overturned by the cassation court, noting that one of the appellants is sentenced to death and the other 4 are sentenced to life term over killing policeman Mahmoud Farid Bir in Al-Ekr.

The Sixth High Court of Appeals ordered the prosecution to investigate the reasons behind not bringing a number of appellants in a case of political background. The court set May 22, 2017 as date to bring the appellants who were not brought this time.

The fifth High Criminal Court ruled a 2 years imprisonment verdict against 2 and 5 years against another, for tampering with fingerprint device at the Ministry of Interior.

Bahrain’s Fifth High Criminal Court sentenced a suspect to 7 years in prison and 2 others, who escaped with him from dry dock detention center, to 2 years.

The Second High Criminal Court of Appeal upheld the 6-month prison verdict against 63 year old Bahraini over charges of assembly in Manama.

The High Criminal Court postponed looking into the case of 138 defendants accused of establishing and joining the “Zulfiqar Brigades”.

Bahraini security authorities arrested (Monday April 19, 2017) Imam of Al-Kheif mosque Sheikh Isa Al-Moamen in the town of al-Dair.

The Fourth High Court ruled the imprisonment of 5 defendants, ages varying from 19 to 25 years old, for 3 years each.

Bahrain's First High Criminal Court sentenced 8 detainees, arrested over political cases, including a Gulf youth, to terms ranging from 5 to 3 years in prison, over escaping from detention center after attacking policemen with a shaver and piece of iron.

A Bahraini court adjourned on Monday (April 17, 2017) the case of the National Democratic Action Society "Wa'ad" until April 30, noting that the next hearing will be the final hearing in the case.