The high appeals court amended the First Instance Court's verdict against an appellant, commuting his 3-year jail term to one only over assembly case.

Bahrain’s High Criminal Court commuted the 5-year jail term against a Bahraini suspect (29 years) to 3 years. The suspect was condemned of hiding 3 convicts “Ali Abdulshaheed Al-Singace who is sentenced to death penalty and 2 others sentenced to prison terms” in his father’s house in Diraz.

Bahrain’s High Criminal Court commuted the verdict issued against 17 appellants, reducing the 5-year jail term of 7 appellants to 3 only and the 3-year jail term of 9 others to 2. The court also amended the sentence issued against the first suspect from 8 to 6 years in prison.

Bahrain's high appeals court set February 16, 2017 as a date to issue its verdict in the case of 54 appellants of the 57 defendants accused of causing riots in Jaw prison on (March 10, 2015). The court had sentenced the suspects to 15 years in prison and bound them to pay 508187.970 BD.

Bahrain’s high appeals commuted the verdict of an appellant to 5 years and refused the objection of another appellant whose verdict was already commuted to 5 years.

The Bahraini Fourth High Criminal Court sentenced five defendants over planting hoax bomb, burning tires and assaulting policemen in Saar.

The third high criminal (appeals) court decided to add the two cases in which Sheikh Fadel Al-Zaki and Mohamad Jawad Al-Shehabi are sentenced to two years in prison (one year for each case) based on Diraz assembly, to issue the verdict against them on January 17, 2017.

Bahrain’s Appeals Court upheld verdict imprisoning and revoking citizenships of 5 dissidents accused of establishing February 14 organization.

A Bahraini court on Sunday upheld three death sentences and seven life terms against a group convicted of killing police including an Emirati officer in a bomb attack, a judicial source said.

Bahraini Appeal Court upheld on Sunday (December 4, 2016) sentencing three defendants to death and five others to life imprisonment.

The High Appeals Court upheld a verdict issued by the first-instance court sentencing appellants to 5 years in prison over blasting gas cylinder in Saar and causing damages to nearby shops.

The high appeals court commuted the verdict issued against 5 appellants in the case of setting fire to tires, planting hoax bombs in a public place, assembling, rioting and acquiring Molotov. The court lessened the 10-year jail term issued by the first-instance court against 6 convicts, making them 5 years. The court also upheld 3-year jail term against the third and fourth suspects.

Lawyer Sadiq Al-Dirazi said that the second criminal “appeals” court amended the one-year prison term against Mulla Habib Al-Dirazi making it 6 months only.

The second high criminal “appeals” court amended the verdict issued against the head of Ulama Islamic Council and prominent Shiite cleric Sayed Majeed Al-Mashaal, commuting his prison term from 3 years over two cases to two and half years only.

The Fifth High Criminal Court sentenced a defendant to one year in prison after convicting him of hiding 3 wanted for authorities over political cases.

The Bahraini authorities released on Wednesday (November 30, 2016) activist Haj Majeed Abdullah, known as “Haj Somoud” after serving his 6-month jail term over taking part in protests.

Bahrain's court sentenced on Tuesday (November 29, 2016) journalist Faisal Hayyat to 3 months in prison.

A Bahraini court adjourned the case of prisoner of conscience Khalil Al-Halwachi, along with 14 others detainees, until December 12, with his continued detention.

The First High Criminal Court sentenced a defendant to 3 years in prison over hiding a convict.

A Bahraini court sentenced on Thursday (November 24, 2016) a youth to 10 years in prison and 382000 BD bail. The youth is accused of setting fire to a cars agency in Sitra.