AFP: A Bahraini court will pronounce next month its verdict in the trial of opposition leader Sheikh Ali Salman who is charged with seeking to overthrow the Sunni monarchy, prosecutors said Wednesday.

Reuters: An appeals court in Bahrain upheld a six-month jail sentence against prominent dissident Nabeel Rajab on Thursday for a tweet deemed insulting to the kingdom's security establishment, state news agency BNA said.

Associated Press: A lawyer for a prominent Bahraini rights activist says an appeals court has upheld a verdict against Nabeel Rajab for insulting government ministries on Twitter.

The First High Criminal Court sentenced the activist Ghada Jamsheer for a year in prison over assaulting two policewomen and acquitted her from the charge of insulting a policewoman. The court ordered to halt the execution for 3 years, starting from the date of issuing the verdict.

The family of detainee Dr. Ali Al-Ekri was allowed to visit him on Monday (April 27, 2015) after being deprived of a visit for almost two months since the attack on Jaw Prison detainees that took place on the 10th of last March.

A Bahraini court sentenced an Iraqi national to three years in prison over charges of joining a protest and arson. He is also to be deported after serving his sentence.

Bahrain's First High Criminal Court postponed the trial of the defendant (25 years old) who was caught in possession of 6 weapons and ammunition as well as fireworks until May 6. The defendant claimed that he obtained these arms because of his fear of a war with Iran.

Ali Al-Singace was arrested last Thursday on April 2nd, 2015 in an ambush in Diraz village. He is the youth, whose kidnapping at the hands of the security force in Sanabis gained widespread popularity in 2012, as photographs emerged of him lying down in a garage of one of the houses, unconscious and stripped of his clothes.