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Reuters: Bahrain Court Sentences 10 Men on Terrorism Charges
2017-11-01
A Bahraini court sentenced 10 men to life imprisonment and revoked their citizenship on charges of forming a terrorist cell and plotting attacks, the Bahraini Public Prosecution said on Tuesday.
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Court Upholds Imprisoning “Drunk” Citizen for Attacking 2 Policemen
2017-10-25
The First Appeals Criminal Court rejected the appeal of a 33-year-old man convicted of attacking two policemen, damaging their military suit, after catching him drunk and quarreling with others. The court upheld imprisoning him to one year in prison with the execution of the sentence after the first-instance court dealt with him in pity.
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Youth Stabs his Father to Death in Galali
2017-10-21
A Bahraini man stabbed on Saturday (October 21, 2017) his father to death following a family fight. Information confirmed that the son was under the effect of drugs when he killed his father.
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MoI Arrests Individual for Impersonating Security Man to Commit Robbery
2017-10-16
Bahrain’s Ministry of Interior said that it arrested a man who impersonated a security man and committed a number of forced robbery crimes.
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VIDEO: Martyr Abdel-Ridha Bouhmaid’s Father Speaks of Police Assault on him & his Wife in House Raid
2017-10-13
Haj Mohammed Hassan Bouhmaid, the father of martyr Abdel-Ridha Bouhmaid, spoke of the assault launched by Bahraini interior ministry forces against him and his wife during a raid on his house in September.
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Reuters: Explosion Wounds Five Bahraini Policemen
2017-10-03
Five Bahraini policemen were lightly injured in a “terrorist explosion” outside the capital Manama on Monday, the state news agency reported.
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15-Year Prison Verdict Upheld against 5 Accused of Attempting to Murder Police Officer in Karzakan
2017-10-02
The Sixth High Appeal Court upheld the 15-year prison verdict against 5 defendants convicted among 7 defendants accused of attempting to murder a man while taking part in National Day festivities.
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Court Upholds Life Term Sentences against 3 Suspects Accused of Planting Bomb in Diraz to Target Policemen
2017-10-02
The Sixth High Appeals Court upheld sentencing 3 appellants to life in prison. The suspects are accused of attempted murder of 2 officers and 2 other policemen in Diraz, after alluring the policemen to a place where they planted a locally made bomb.
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Muharraq Police: Security Surveillance to be Conducted in Areas Hosting Ashura Events
2017-09-30
The Director General of the Muharraq Police Directorate, Fawwaz Hassan al-Hassan, said that his directorate took upon itself the responsibility to exert all efforts to make the Ashura season this year successful.
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Bahrain: Needed Legal Measures will be Taken against Practices that Harm Ashura
2017-09-28
The Director General of the Police Directorate of the Capital Province warned that the Ministry of Interior will not allow to make use of Ashura occasion to break the law, stressing that “needed legal measures will be taken against any practices or actions that harm Ashura.”
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Appeal of Accused in Policeman Murder Case in Karbabad Adjourned until October 9 for Pleading
2017-09-16
Bahrain’s Sixth High Criminal Court of Appeals adjourned the appeal of 10 out of 13 accused of the murder of a police officer in the Karbabad region until October 9, 2017 for observation and pleading by the appellants attorneys.
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Appeals Court Refers Case of Policeman Murder to Supreme Council of Justice after Disconcertion
2017-09-15
The Supreme Court of Appeals referred the murder case of policeman Mahmoud Farid, in which the first suspect is sentenced to death penalty, 7 other suspects are sentenced to life in prison and 4 others to a 10-year jail term, to the Supreme Council of Justice, after falling in a disconcertion, since one of the commission members was among the Court commission that issued the ruling in a Court of first instance.
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Bahrain Arrests Former Minister Mansour bin Rajab
2017-07-31
The Bahraini police executed yesterday night an arrest warrant against former minister Mansour bin Rajab over charges of denying to pay the fees for the auction of his deceased son’s belongings that amounted to 145,000 BD. Mansour was referred this morning to the execution judge (judge Adeela Habib) who bound him to pay 72,000 BD as a fine for the auction of his son’s estates immediately or else he will face a one week imprisonment.
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Sentences Ranging between 2 and 5 Years in Prison against 6 Suspects over Attacking Police Camp in Al-Daih
2017-06-23
The Fourth High Criminal Court sentenced 6 suspects to prison terms ranging between 2 and 5 years and acquitted the seventh suspect for lack of evidence. The suspects are accused of attacking a police camp in Al-Daih.
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Bahrain: Policeman Killed, Two Others Injured in Bombing West of Manama
2017-06-19
Bahraini Interior Ministry said on Sunday that one of its personnel was killed in a bombing west of the capital Manama.
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3 Years in Prison against Intoxicated Policeman for Assaulting Gulf Citizen
2017-06-18
The First High Criminal Court Ruled the imprisonment of 20-year-old traffic police officer for 3 years. He was accused of physically assaulting a Gulf citizen, and causing him permanent damage.
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Chief of Public Security Says 20 Policemen Killed in Bahrain since 2011
2017-05-19
Chief of Public Security Tariq Al-Hassan said on Thursday (May 18, 2017) that 20 policemen were killed since 2011, indicating that the security apparatuses had seized a number of Iranian linked cells.
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Reuters: Three Activists Held in Bahrain after UK Horse Show Protest
2017-05-15
Bahraini security forces detained family members of three U.K.-based activists on Saturday over their protests against the Gulf king's attendance at a royal horse show in Britain, one of the activists said.
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“Zulfiqar Brigades” Case Postponed until May 16 to Listen to Prosecution Witnesses
2017-04-20
The High Criminal Court postponed looking into the case of 138 defendants accused of establishing and joining the “Zulfiqar Brigades”.
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Armed Man Wearing Bahraini Military Uniform Robs Money Exchange Company in East Riffa
2017-04-05
he Ministry of Interior said on its Twitter account on Tuesday (April 4, 2017) that “Southern police investigate a case of robbery of money exchange company in East Riffa”.