Bahrain's First High Criminal Court commuted a verdict against two defendants, accused of setting fire to a parliamentary candidate tent during 2018 elections in Damistan, from 5 to 1 year in prison and replaced their sentence by working in the service of community with their consent.

The First High Appeals Criminal Court rejected the appeals of a convict sentenced to two years in prison and upheld verdicts issued against 8 others in a case of managing an account on social media outlets.

The Fourth High Criminal Court sentenced 9 defendants to prison terms ranging between 3 months and 6 years in a case known as "Ahrar Damistan".

The Interior Ministry partly removed some of the cement barriers in Damistan, which were put for political reasons.

Bahrain's High Court of Appeals rejected two appeals of a verdict in a case involving eight defendants accused of attempting to kill policemen by detonating a homemade bomb on a Damistan street, ruling the appeal of a third invalid, and sentencing the three appellants to 15 years in prison.

he First High Appeals Court rejected, in absentia, the appeals of a youth accused of attempting to detonate a locally made bomb, and upheld the 7-year jail term against him.

The Bahraini security authorities arrested 11 citizens within 2 days (last Wednesday and Thursday), Rasd news network specialized in monitoring night raids and arrests confirmed.

The Fourth High Criminal Court issued 7-year jail term against 3 suspects accused of blasting a gas cylinder, setting fire to tires in Damitsan and damaging a private car that was near the blast place. The court also ordered the confiscation of seized items.

The Director-General of Northern Governorate Police announced the arrest of one of the suspects involved in the Damistan gas cylinder blast in which a civilian car was damaged. He said the Public Prosecutor had been notified and the investigation would continue to identify and arrest the remaining suspects.

The Bahraini security authorities arrested on Monday (September 11, 2017) two citizens and took them to unknown place.

The Undersecretary Ministry of Housing Abdullah bin Ahmad Al Khalifa announced the start of distributing Damistan housing project units according to the time schedule set by the ministry to distribute 4200 units countrywide.