General Secretariat of the General Conference of the Arab parties issued a statement condemning the court of appeals verdict against Sheikh Ali Salman, one of the prominent opposition leaders.

Bahrain sentenced the head of the country's Shiite opposition movement to life in prison Sunday for spying for rival Gulf state Qatar in a ruling rights groups have called a travesty.

A Bahraini court sentenced Sayed Habib Sayed Kazem to three years in prison on politically-motivated charges.

After 2011, accusations against the Bahraini judiciary of being used as a tool to retaliate against the opposition increased. The government used to answer these accusations by stressing on the “independence and integrity of the judiciary”.

Ibrahim Serhan, legal advisor in Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, commented on the verdicts issued on Monday (25/12/2017) by the military judiciary in Bahrain saying “the lawyers did not expect the death sentences since the indictment list and the military prosecution adaptation also accepted by the high military court, i.e. assassination attempt charge, was only brought against the first defendant, while the rest of the defendants were accused of inciting and supporting the first suspect”.

Bahrain's Military High Court on Monday sentenced six Shiites to death, 15 years in prison and revoked their nationality on charges of attempting to assassinate the commander-in-chief of the country's defense force, who oversees the appointment of military judges.

A Bahraini military court sentenced six Shi‘ite Muslim men to death and revoked their citizenship after they were convicted on charges of forming a terrorist cell and plotting to assassinate a military official, Bahrain news agency BNA reported on Monday.

Bahrain King Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa has approved the retirement request of Head of Court of Cassation, Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) Deputy President Chancellor Salem bin Mohammed Salem Al-Kawari.

The Supreme Court of Appeal upheld a first degree verdict ruling the 15-year imprisonment of 3 accused of bombing and setting fire to the Formula 1 petrol station. The court also upheld a 3-year prison sentence against a fourth defendant.

The Middle East Eye website said that the British military “has provided training to a Saudi war crimes investigations unit headed by a Bahraini judge accused of sentencing peaceful protesters to lengthy jail terms, where they were often tortured.”

The second high appeals court accepted the objection in form but refused it in content and upheld the appealed verdict that sentenced a Bahraini woman to one year in prison over publically insulting the judiciary authority.

What is the truth behind events that took place during trial of the Bahraini Shia spiritual leader Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim.

A Bahraini court Thursday postponed until October 31 its verdict in the trial of prominent activist Nabeel Rajab, charged with spreading false information and posting online insults, a judicial source said.

Local newspaper al-Wasat reported information that Head of Supreme Judicial Council issued decision to create a new department at the Court of Civil Appeal

What is the reality of criminal justice in Bahrain? Does the Bahraini justice perform its duty impartially and independently?

The visit of two british experts to Bahrain’s Supreme Judicial Council, aims at benefiting from British expertise in the judicial field on many different levels.

Bahrain Mirror: The media manager of Bahrain Forum for Human Rights (BFHR), Baqer Darwish, said that resolution 56 regarding the formation of judicial courts during the judicial year 2015/2016 reflects discrimination in judicial employment.