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Trial of Diraz Raid Detainees Adjourned until Feb. 27 for Ruling
2018-12-25
The First High Criminal Court in Bahrain decided to postpone the case of 171 citizens arrested by the authorities during dispersing the peaceful sit-in held outside the home of the spiritual leader of the Shiite majority in Bahrain, Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim.
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Bahraini’s Appeal of 10-Year Sentence & Nationality Revocation Rejected in Case of Training on Manufacture of Explosives in Ekr
2018-12-21
More than three years after the verdict on his appeal, a young man challenged a verdict, sentencing him to 10 years in prison and stripping him of his Bahraini nationality on charges of manufacturing, possessing, training on the use of explosives.
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Appeals: 5-Year Jail Term Handed down to Suspect Accused of Putting Fake Bomb near Driving School
2018-12-21
The First High Appeals Court commuted a 5-year jail verdict issued against a suspect over putting a fake bomb on Sheikh Zayed Street near a driving school in A'ali to 3 years.
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Prison Terms Ranging between 2 and 10 Years against 8 Suspects Accused of Assembling in Buri and A’ali
2018-12-21
The Fourth High Criminal Court sentenced a Bahraini residing outside Bahrain to 10 years in jail and 100 thousand fine over charge of sending money to families of detainees. It also sentenced the second suspect to 3 years in jail and 6 others to 2 years over assembling in Buri and A’ali.
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10 Defendants Receive 5-Year Jail Verdicts over Assembling in Jid Al Haj
2018-12-19
The Fourth High Criminal Court sentenced 10 defendants, whose ages range between 15 and 21, to 5 years in jail over charge of assembling in Jid Al Haj and burning a patrol and bound them to jointly pay 401 BD for the damages they caused.
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3-Year Jail Term handed down to 2 Suspects over Putting Fake Bomb in Jid Ali
2018-12-19
The Fourth High Criminal Court sentenced 2 suspects to 3 years in jail over charge of putting fake bomb in Jid Ali.
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Court Upholds 5-Year Jail Verdict against 2 Suspects Accused of Joining 14th Feb. Coalition, Revokes their Citizenships
2018-12-11
The First High Criminal Court rejected the appeals of 2 out of 3 appellants accused of joining 14th February coalition, upheld a 5-year jail verdict against them, fined each of them 100 thousand BD and revoked their citizenships.
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Court Upholds 3-Year Jail Term against Suspect Accused of Putting Fake Bomb in A’lai
2018-12-11
The First High Criminal Court Upheld 3-year jail term against suspect accused of putting fake bomb in A’ali.
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Appeals Court Rejects Challenge of Suspect Accused of Joining “Saraya Al-Ashtar”, Upholds 15-Year Jail against him, Revokes his Citizenship
2018-12-05
The First High Criminal Court rejected the appeals of a youth accused of joining "Saraya Al-Ashtar", upheld a 15-year jail term against him, fined him 100 BD and revoked his citizenship.
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7-Year Jail Term Handed down to 3 Suspects Accused of Assembling, Attacking Police at Diraz Entrance
2018-12-05
The Fourth High Criminal Court sentenced 3 suspects to 7 years in jail over case of assembling and attacking police at Diraz entrance.
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4 Suspects Accused of Blasting Gas Cylinder in Sitra Receive 3-Year Jail Verdict
2018-12-04
The High Appeals Court commuted the sentences of 3 suspects from 5 to 3 years in jail and upheld a 3-year jail term against the fourth suspect over case of blasting gas cylinder in Sitra.
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Court Upholds One-Year Jail Term against Two Suspects over Putting Fake Bomb in A’ali
2018-12-02
The First High Criminal Court upheld one-year jail term against a Bahraini accused of taking part with another one in putting a hoax bomb in A'ali.
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Court Issues Sentences Ranging between 3 Years and Life Term against 18 Suspects, Revokes Citizenship of 13 over Joining “Saraya Al-Ashtar”
2018-11-30
The First High Criminal Court issued jail verdicts ranging between life imprisonment, citizenship revocation and 3 years in prison against 18 suspects accused of joining Saraya Al-Mokhtar and revoked the citizenships of 13 of them.
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Court Issues Life Sentence, 10&3-Year Jail Verdicts against 3 Suspects over Joining 14th Feb. Coalition, Saraya Al-Mokhtar
2018-11-30
The Fourth High Criminal court handed down life sentence to one suspect, 10-year jail term to other and fined him 100 thousand BD and 3-year jail to a third suspect over charge of joining 14th February Coalition and Saraya Al-Mokhtar.
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2-Month Jail Term Handed down to 4 Suspects over Tearing Election Billboards of Candidates in Northern Governorate
2018-11-29
The Third Minor Criminal Court sentenced 4 suspects accused of vandalizing election billboards of candidates in the Northern Governorate to two months in jail with the suspension of the verdict for 3 years. The court also fined them 800 BD.
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Appeals: Life-Term sentence against 6 Suspects Accused of Planting Bomb Near Diraz Park
2018-11-28
The High Appeals Court upheld life term sentence against 6 suspects accused of planting a bomb near Diraz park, claiming that it injured two policemen.
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6-Year Jail Term Handed down to Arab National Who Claimed to be Police, Robbed Asian National while Searching Him
2018-11-24
The First High Criminal Court sentenced an Arab national to 6 years in jail over robbing an Asian after claiming he is a policeman.
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Court Sentences Suspect to One Month in Jail, 200 BD Fine for Vandalizing Election Billboard in Diraz
2018-11-22
The Third Minor Criminal Court sentenced a citizen to one month in jail over vandalizing an election billboard of a candidate. The court replaced the sentence with binding the suspect to not approach any of the candidates' billboards and fined him 200 BD for the charge attributed to him. It also bind him to pay 236 BD, value of the damaged billboard, for the candidate.
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Two Defendants Acquitted of Charges of “Managing Swimming Pool to Promote Prostitution”
2018-11-21
Bahrain’s Third Criminal Minor Court acquitted two defendants accused of running a brothel and promoting engagement in debauchery, and ordered returning the swimming pool to its owner for lack of evidence and since the video circulated about the incident does not contain anything of the alleged promotion of immorality.
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3&6-Month Jail Term against Two Youths over Charge of Manufacturing Molotov
2018-11-20
The third minor criminal court sentenced two youths to 3 and 6 months in jail over charge of manufacturing Molotov in one of their father’s garage.