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Reuters: Bahrain Court Sentences 10 Men on Terrorism Charges
2017-11-01
A Bahraini court sentenced 10 men to life imprisonment and revoked their citizenship on charges of forming a terrorist cell and plotting attacks, the Bahraini Public Prosecution said on Tuesday.
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10 Bahrainis Sentenced to Life Imprisonment and Stripped of Citizenship in Politically Motivated Case
2017-10-31
The Fourth High Criminal Court sentenced 10 defendants to life imprisonment in a politically motivated case, also stripping them all of their Bahraini nationality.
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Court Issues Life Prison Terms against 8 Suspects, 15-Year Jail Term against 7, Revokes Citizenships of 14 over Al-Basta Group
2017-10-30
A Bahraini court issued on Monday (October 30, 2017) life prison sentence against 7 defendants and revoked their citizenships over joining “Al-Basta Group”.
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Court Strips 2 Detainees of Nationality, Sentences them to 7 and 10-Year Prison Terms
2017-10-30
A Bahraini court on Monday (October 29, 2017) issued a verdict revoking the citizenship of two of detained Bahraini citizens and sentencing them to 7 and 10 years in prison, over charges related to politically motivated cases, also fining them 100,000 dinars.
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Appeal: 7-Year Jail Term, Citizenship Revocation Sentence against Suspect Accused of Training to Use Weapons in Iraq & Iran
2017-10-27
The Sixth High Criminal Appeals Court issued a 7-year jail term verdict and citizen revocation against a suspect accused of training to use weapons and explosives in Iraq and Iran.
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Appeals Court Sentences 3 Suspects Accused of Joining Al-Wafa Party to 7&10-Year Jail Term, Revokes their Citizenships
2017-10-02
The Sixth High Criminal Appeals Court upheld imprisoning a 25-year-old youth for 7 years and other two fugitive convicts sentenced to 10 years in prison over the charge of joining “Al-Wafa Party” and “recruiting individuals in it”, aiming at transferring money among its members to use it in subversive activities, protests and riots. The court also stripped the suspects of their citizenships and ordered the confiscation of seized items.
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Bahrain Mirror Publishes “Stateless” by “Ali Al-Dairy”
2017-08-10
Bahrain Mirror published a book entitled, “Stateless: Stripping of Nationality Explained to Amaseel” by Bahraini critic and author Ali Al-Dairy, August 2017.
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Bahrain Mirror Publishes “Stateless” by “Ali Al-Dairy”
2017-08-10
Bahrain Mirror published a book entitled, “Stateless: Stripping of Nationality Explained to Amaseel” by Bahraini critic and author Ali Al-Dairy, August 2017.
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House of Representatives Agrees to Stop Retirement Rights and Benefits of Citizens Revoked of Citizenships
2017-06-09
The House of Representatives agreed in its session on a decree regarding ceasing the retirement rights and benefits in case Bahraini citizenship is revoked, lost or in case the individual is given a foreign citizenship without a permission.
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Suspect Accused of Joining 14th Feb. Coalition Sentenced to 15-Year Jail Term, Revoked of his Citizenship, Fined 100.000 BD
2017-06-07
The High Sixth Court of Appeals upheld a verdict sentencing a suspect to 15 years in prison, stripping him of his nationality and fining him 100.000 BD over joining 14th February Coalition.
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Geneva: Mexico Recommends Bahrain to Cancel Citizenship Revocation Laws
2017-05-01
Mexico presented number of recommendations to the government of Bahrain, including canceling citizenship revocation laws.
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Court Sentences 2 Suspects to 10 Years in Prison, Revokes their Citizenships
2017-04-25
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.
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Court Orders Prosecution to Investigate Reasons behind not Bringing Detainees to Trial Session
2017-04-24
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.
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AFP: Bahrain Approves Law for Military Trial of Civilians
2017-04-04
Bahrain's king on Monday approved a constitutional amendment granting military courts the right to try civilians, raising concerns among rights groups for activists in the Gulf kingdom.
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Sheikh Al-Daqaq Comments on his Citizenship Revocation: It Targets those Demanding Rights, Particularly Those Defending Sheikh Isa Qassim
2017-04-02
Sheikh Abdullah Al-Daqaq, prominent Bahraini cleric and director of Hawza in Iranian City of Qom, commented on the verdict issued by a Bahraini court, sentencing him along with 2 others to 10 years in prison and revoking their citizenship. He stressed that the decision was based on “a vexatious and void trial." "I don’t recognize it," he added. "This trial targets everyone who demands legitimate and just rights for our oppressed people in Bahrain, in particular the ones who defend Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim.”
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Authorities Revoke Nationality of Sheikh Abdullah Al-Daqaq along with Two Others
2017-04-02
A Bahraini court stripped the citizenship of prominent cleric Sheikh Abdullah Al-Daqaq along with two others after regime courts issued sentences reaching 15 years in prison against them. It is to mention that Al-Daqaq is the director of a scientific Hawza in Iranian City of Qom.
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Bahrain Court Hands down 10-15 Year Prison Terms to Three defendants, Strips them of Nationality in Politically Motivated Case
2017-03-31
Bahrain’s fourth high criminal court sentenced one defendant to 15 years in prison and two others to 10 years, also revoking all the defendants’ Bahraini nationalities in a politically motivated case.
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Appeal: 5&17-Year Jail Term Handed down to Defendants, 12 Stripped of Citizenships over Forming “Saraya Al-Ashtar” Group
2017-03-30
The Supreme Court of Appeals commuted the life-term sentences of 7 appellants to 15 years only and commuted the 10-year jail of others to 7 years over “Saraya Al-Ashtar” case. The court, however, upheld revocation of the defendants’ nationalities and the fines imposed on them.
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AFP: Bahrain Sentences Two To Death For Police Bombing
2017-03-30
A Bahraini court sentenced two people to death on Wednesday over a deadly bomb attack on a police patrol in 2015, a judicial source said.
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Court Issues Death Penalty against 2 Defendants & Whole-Life Sentence against 5 Others over Sitra Blast
2017-03-29
Bahrain's Fourth High Criminal Court issued death penalties against each of Mohammad Ibrahim Al-Touk and Mohammad Radhi Abdullah and revoked their citizenships. The court also issued whole-life sentences against Salah Saeed, Ibrahim Jaafar Hassan, Ali Abdulkarim Marzooq, Layth Khalil Al-Touk and Ali Ahmad Ali and revoked the citizenships of 4 of them. Meanwhile, Sayed Mortada Al-Sanadi and Kassim Abdullah Ali were stripped of their nationalities and sentenced to 10 years in prison.