Bahrain's appeals court on Monday upheld a nine-year jail sentence against opposition chief Sheikh Ali Salman, a judicial source said, the latest move in a crackdown on the Shiite majority.

Bahrain’s High Appeals Court upheld on Monday (December 12, 2016) a nine-year jail sentence handed down to opposition leader and Al-Wefaq Secretary-General Sheikh Ali Salman.

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 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.

A Saudi court on Tuesday sentenced 15 people to death for spying for the kingdom's arch-enemy, Iran, Saudi-owned media reported, in a ruling that could further stoke tension between the two rival powers.

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

Middle East Eye website reported a judicial source saying that a “Bahraini court upheld three death sentences and seven life terms against a "terrorist" group convicted of killing police including an Emirati officer in a bomb attack.”

Amnesty International said that the appalling human rights records of states in the Gulf must not be swept under the carpet when member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) gather in the Bahraini capital, Manama, this week (6-7 December) for their annual summit.

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.

Bahraini High Appeal Court adjourned sentencing hearing of Secretary General of dissolved Al-Wefaq Society, Sheikh Ali Salman, until December 12 for further deliberation.

The Specialized Criminal Court in Riyadh issued on Wednesday (November 30, 2016) 3 new death penalties against citizens from Tarout, in Qatif in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia.

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.

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