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Court Upholds 15-Year Prison Term against 5 Accused of Attempted Murder of Policemen in Damastan
2018-04-29
Bahraini High Criminal Court of Appeals upheld a 15-year prison sentence for five defendants accused of attempting to kill policemen in the Damastan area.
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Court Hands Down 5-Year Prison Term in Absentia to Defendant over “Planting Explosive Device Replica outside Driving School”
2018-04-29
The Fourth Bahraini High Criminal Court sentenced in absentia a defendant to five years in prison for placing a mock-up of explosives in a public place.
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Two-Year Prison Term Upheld against Defendants Accused of Hurling Molotov Cocktails at Police Cars in Sitra
2018-04-29
Fourth Bahraini High Criminal Court upheld two-year prison sentences issued against for defendants accused of assembling and hurling Molotov cocktails at two police vehicles in Sitra.
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Three-year Prison Sentence for 3 Accused of Setting Fire to Police Car in Bani Jamra
2018-04-29
Fifth Bahraini Criminal Supreme Court of Appeals upheld a ruling, sentencing three defendants to three years in prison for hurling a petrol pail at a police patrol vehicle from a rooftop.
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Bahraini Woman Spends Whole Day in Police Station Due to Error in Phone Bill, Court Bounds Telecommunication Company to Pay her 200 BD as Compensation
2018-04-28
A Bahraini court bound a telecommunication company to pay 200 BD as moral and material compensation for a Bahraini woman who was arrested for a whole day and released on a bail after seizing her bank accounts and her car, claiming she was in debt for a bill she had already paid for the company.
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Appeals Court Commutes Sentence against 8 Defendants Accused of Joining ISIS, Upholds Stripping them of Nationalities
2018-04-24
The High Appeals Criminal Court commuted on Tuesday (April 24, 2018) the 15-year jail term issued by first-instance court against 8 appellants out of 24 convicted on joining ISIS to 10 years.
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Court Upholds 5-Year Jail Term and Deportation of Pakistani who Counterfeited Gold Stamps
2018-04-23
The Supreme Court of Appeals upheld a 5-year jail term given to a Pakistani national for selling fake gold to shops. The first-instance court had sentenced him to 7 years in jail and ordered to deport him.
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Life Sentence Handed down to 10 Bahrainis, 24 Stripped of their Citizenships over Charges of “Forming Terrorist Group”
2018-04-20
High Criminal Court convicted 24 defendants of forming a "terrorist group", receiving training in Iran and Iraq and attempted murder of policemen by bombings in Bahrain.
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Court Sentences Former MP Ali Al-Asheeri to 6 Months in Jail over Assembly Charge, Sets 500BD Bail to Stop Execution of Sentence
2018-04-20
A Bahraini court sentenced on Wednesday (April 18, 2018) former Al-Wefaq MP Ali Rasheed Al-Asheeri to 6 months in jail over assembly charge.
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Court Postpones Zulfiqar Brigades Case until May 15 to Issue its Verdict
2018-04-19
The Fourth High Criminal Court postponed looking into the case of 138 defendants accused of establishing and joining the "Zulfiqar Brigades", until May 15 to issue its verdict.
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AFP: Bahrain Sentences 24 Shiites to Jail, Revokes Nationality
2018-04-19
A Bahrain court sentenced 24 Shiite citizens to prison and stripped them of their nationality after finding them guilty of forming a "terrorist group", a Bahraini judicial source said Thursday.
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Seven Suspects Referred to Trial over Buri Pipeline Blast
2018-04-19
General Advocate Ahmed Al-Hammadi said that the prosecution concluded its investigations in Buri pipeline blast that took place on November 10, 2017 and referred 7 suspects to trial. The Fourth High Criminal Court will consider the case on May 10, 2018.
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Trial of Board of Directors Member in Telecommunication Company who Embezzled 20 Million BD Adjourned
2018-04-17
Bahrain's First High Criminal Court adjourned the case of a Bahraini businessman and his partner over the charge of money laundering until May 7, to summon the 4th witness and re-summon the 7th one, with the continued detention of the first suspect.
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Traffic Prosecution Arrests Man for not Holding Driving License, Performing Stunts near Pedestrians
2018-04-17
Traffic Prosecution Chief Attorney Hassan Al-Buali said that the prosecution initiated its investigations into the video, which appeared online yesterday (April 16, 2018) and showed a man dangerously performing the stunts near pedestrians and private properties.
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Court Issues 5&3-Year Jail Term against 4 Suspects over Case of Blasting Gas Cylinder in Sitra
2018-04-17
The Fourth High Criminal Court handed down 5-year jail term to 3 Bahrainis and 3-year jail term to a fourth one, after accusing them of attempting to cause a blast in Sitra using a gas cylinder.
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Trial of Brothers, One of Whom in Iran, over Charge of Joining Saraya Al-Ashtar Commences
2018-04-17
The Supreme Court started yesterday looking into the case of 2 Bahraini brothers, one of whom in Iran, accused of joining “Saraya Al-Ashtar” and attempting to murder a policeman. The court adjourned the case until May 8 for pleading.
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Gulf National Receives One-Year Jail Term over Charge of Insulting Judge, Attacking Policeman
2018-04-13
The First High Criminal Court sentenced a Gulf national businessman (45 years) to one year in jail over insulting a judge and attacking a policeman.
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Court Upholds 1-Year Jail Term against Former Minister over Issuing Cheque without Balance
2018-04-12
The Second High Criminal Court upheld one-year jail term against a former minister over charge of issuing a cheque of value of 15 thousand BD without balance to the Ministry of justice, in return of execution file worth of 229 thousand BD.
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One-Year Jail Term Issued against Two Asian Women over “Attacking” Police in Samaheej Police Center
2018-04-12
The First High Criminal Court sentenced two Asian women (20 and 25 years) to one-year imprisonment and ordered to deport them, once they complete their jail term, for attacking the bodily integrity of a member from security forces during performing her job.
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3-Year Jail Term Issued against Suspect over “Offending Security Forces”, Burning Ties in Jid Ali
2018-04-12
The First High Criminal Court accepted the objection of a Bahraini youth (18 years) and commuted his 5-year jail term, over charge of rioting, burning tires on public street and offending security forces, to 3 years.