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After Injuring Child's Eye...MoI Says it Dealt with Attempts to Attack Sitra Police Station
2017-01-12
Bahrain's Ministry of Interior said on Wednesday (January 11, 2017) that it dealt using legal measures with the attempts to attack Sitra Police Station.
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Photos: Child Sustains Eye Injury due to Tear Gas Canisters Fired at Awal Primary Intermediate Boys School
2017-01-11
A child sustained an eye injury on Wednesday (January 11, 2017) morning due to the tear gas canisters fired by the security forces at Awal Primary Intermediate Boys School in Sitra.
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3-Year Prison Verdict Against Defendant Accused of Planting Fake Bomb in Sitra
2017-01-07
The Fifth High Criminal Court ruled a 3-year prison verdict against an underage defendant (17 years old), in a case linked to installing a fake bomb in the Bahraini town of Sitra.
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Appeals Court Commutes Suspect’s Prison Term to 5 Years over Assembling in Sitra
2016-12-07
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.
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Appeals Court Upholds Life-Imprisonment Sentence against Suspect over Blowing Up Restroom in Sitra
2016-11-25
The Supreme Appeals Court upheld a first-degree verdict sentencing a defendant to life-imprisonment over causing an explosion in restroom in petrol station in Sitra and acquiring arms.
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10-Year Jail Term Handed down to Suspect over Setting Fire to Stores in Sitra
2016-11-25
The Bahraini Fourth High Criminal Court handed down 10-year jail term to a suspect (18 years) after convicting him of setting fire to a group
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Appeals Court Hands down 2-Year Jail Term to Defendant over Burning Tires in Sitra
2016-11-11
The High Appeals Court commuted the sentence of an appellant, reducing his prison term for 3 to 2 years over arson and assembly in Sitra.
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Appeals Court Upholds 3-Year Jail Term against 4 Suspects over Hoax Bomb in Sitra
2016-08-05
Bahraini high court of appeals upheld a court of first instance's verdict against 4 appellants. The court had sentenced them to 3 years in prison over planting hoax explosive in Sitra.
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PHOTOS: Clashes Erupt in Bahrain following Anti-Regime Protests
2016-07-30
Clashes broke out in Bahrain after security forces confronted protests in different areas across the country.
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Families of Sitra Voice Support to Senior Clerics: Shiites in Bahrain are Targeted
2016-07-21
Families of Sitra Island voice their support for the statement of senior Bahraini clerics and stressed in a statement that the Shiite sect, the main and indigenous component of this nation, is targeted in their existence, identity, beliefs, rituals and [religious] duties.
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AP: Bomb Blast Kills Woman, Injures Children in Bahrain
2016-07-01
Police in Bahrain say a woman has been killed in an explosion south of the capital, Manama.
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Reuters: Woman Dies, Children Hurt in Bahrain Bomb Blast
2016-07-01
A Bahraini woman died and three children sustained minor injuries when their car was hit by a bomb blast on Thursday that police said was carried out by "terrorists" in southern Bahrain.
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Bahraini Woman Martyred in Mysterious Incident
2016-07-01
Conflicting reports said Bahraini woman was killed in mysterious incident that occurred late Thursday night.
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Bahrain Interior Ministry Arrests Suspect Accused of Shooting at Police Officer in Sitra and 8 Others
2016-06-17
Bahrain’s Interior Ministry said it arrested a suspect of shooting at police officer in Sitra on May 23.
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Wide Campaign of Arrests in Bahrain's Sitra
2016-05-23
Bahraini authorities launched in the early hours of Sunday a campaign of house raids and arrests in Sitra, which led to the arrest of at least 10 citizens.
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Bahraini Appeals Court: Two Suspects Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison over Sitra Hoax Bomb
2016-04-15
The Supreme Appeals Court upheld the sentence issued against two appellants to imprison them for three years over charges of planting a hoax bomb in the Sitra area.
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PHOTOS: Protest in Sitra on Anniv. of Bahraini Military's Brutal attack on Island
2016-03-16
Hundreds of Bahrainis took to the streets in the island of Sitra at Tuesday night on the fifth anniversary of the brutal attack launched by the Bahraini army on Sitra leaving two people killed and a number of others injured.
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Life Imprisonment Handed Down to 3 Suspects over Explosion at Sitra Gas Station Restroom
2016-03-11
The Bahraini Attorney-General stated that the Fifth High Criminal Court issued a verdict on Thursday (March 10, 2016), sentencing three suspects to life in prison over charges of causing an explosion at a gas station restroom in the island of Sitra.
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The Associated Press: Bahrain Protesters Clash With Police on Uprising Anniversary
2016-02-15
Bahrain Mirror (AP): Hundreds of Bahraini youths shouting anti-government have taken to the streets in Bahrain despite a heavy police presence to mark the fifth anniversary of an uprising calling for political change in the tiny island kingdom.
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Three-Year Jail Term Handed down to Suspect & 6 Months to Another over Sitra Assembly
2016-02-08
Bahrain’s Fifth Criminal Court two suspects over charges of starting a fire, illegal assembly and possession of Molotov in Sitra. The court handed down a 3-year jail term to the first suspect and 6-month term to the other.