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Sheikh Al-Daqaq Comments on his Citizenship Revocation: It Targets those Demanding Rights, Particularly Those Defending Sheikh Isa Qassim
2017-04-02
Sheikh Abdullah Al-Daqaq, prominent Bahraini cleric and director of Hawza in Iranian City of Qom, commented on the verdict issued by a Bahraini court, sentencing him along with 2 others to 10 years in prison and revoking their citizenship. He stressed that the decision was based on �a vexatious and void trial." "I don�t recognize it," he added. "This trial targets everyone who demands legitimate and just rights for our oppressed people in Bahrain, in particular the ones who defend Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim.�
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Authorities Revoke Nationality of Sheikh Abdullah Al-Daqaq along with Two Others
2017-04-02
A Bahraini court stripped the citizenship of prominent cleric Sheikh Abdullah Al-Daqaq along with two others after regime courts issued sentences reaching 15 years in prison against them. It is to mention that Al-Daqaq is the director of a scientific Hawza in Iranian City of Qom.
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Appeals Court Upholds 3-5 Prison Terms over "Hoax Bomb in Saar"
2017-04-01
Bahraini High Appeals Court upheld a 5-year prison term against an appellant and 3-year prison term against three others over charges of planting hoax bomb, setting fire to tires and assaulting policemen in the Saar area.
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Appeals Court Upholds 1-5 Year Prison Terms Handed down to 3 Defendants over Burning Garbage Container in Tubli
2017-04-01
Bahraini High Appeals Court upheld a five-year prison sentence issued against an appellant and a one-year term against two others over charges of blocking road and setting fire to a garbage container in Tubli.
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Al-Wefaq Describes Death Penalties and Imprisonment of Sheikh Hassan Isa as Acts of Reprisal
2017-03-31
Al-Wefaq condemned what it described as retaliatory death and lengthy prison sentences issued by Bahraini courts against a number of citizens, including former MP Sheikh Hassan Isa.
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Bahrain Court Hands down 10-15 Year Prison Terms to Three defendants, Strips them of Nationality in Politically Motivated Case
2017-03-31
Bahrain�s fourth high criminal court sentenced one defendant to 15 years in prison and two others to 10 years, also revoking all the defendants� Bahraini nationalities in a politically motivated case.
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Appeal: 5&17-Year Jail Term Handed down to Defendants, 12 Stripped of Citizenships over Forming �Saraya Al-Ashtar� Group
2017-03-30
The Supreme Court of Appeals commuted the life-term sentences of 7 appellants to 15 years only and commuted the 10-year jail of others to 7 years over �Saraya Al-Ashtar� case. The court, however, upheld revocation of the defendants� nationalities and the fines imposed on them.
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Appeal: 5-Year Jail Term to Defendants Accused of Escaping from Prisoners Transport Bus
2017-03-29
The Supreme Court of Appeals upheld 5-year jail term against a defendant in the case of escaping from prisoners transport bus that was transporting them from Dry Dock Prison.
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Al-Wefaq Leader Sheikh Hassan Isa Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison
2017-03-29
Bahrain's Fourth High Criminal Court sentenced on Wednesday (March 29, 2017) Al-Wefaq prominent leader and former MP Sheikh Hassan Isa to 10 years in prison.
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3 to 7 Years Prison Verdicts against 5 Defendants for Burning Tires, Planting Fake Bombs in Buri
2017-03-28
The Fourth High Criminal Court ruled the imprisonment of 3 defendants to 7 years in prison, and 2 others to 3 years in prison, in case linked to planting fake bombs in the town of Buri.
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Military Judiciary Sentences Murderer of Eman Salehi to Life in Jail
2017-03-22
The military court issued on Tuesday (March 21, 2017) a life imprisonment sentence against murderer of Eman Salehi, according to Military Judiciary Chief Youssef Flaifel.
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Court Sentences 2 Suspects to 3 Years in Prison over Kidnapping Two Persons, Claiming They are Informants
2017-03-20
The First High Criminal Court sentenced 2 defendants to 3 years in prison over taking part in kidnapping their two friends, beating them and stealing them, claiming they work as informants to the ministry of interior.
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Appeals Court: Life Imprisonment & 15-Year Terms Handed down to Defendants in �Manama Youth� Case
2017-03-17
Bahraini High Criminal Appeals Court denied the challenge of a defendant sentenced to 15 years in prison, while upholding a life imprisonment sentence against another in the case involving the murder of a Pakistani national, known as the �Shabab al-Manama� case during 2011.
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Appeals Court: 7&10-Year Jail Term to 2 Defendants Accused of Assembling and Setting Police Patrol to Fire
2017-03-14
Bahrain's Supreme Court of Appeal upheld 10-year jail term against 2 appellants and lengthened the 7-year jail term of another to 10. It also bound them, along with the other convicted by the first-instance court, to pay 2149 BD and 600 fils for the damages caused in the ministry of interior�s vehicle and ordered the confiscation of seized items.
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Court Upholds 3-Year Jail Term against 4 Suspects Accused of Assembling and Burning Tires
2017-03-14
Bahrain's Supreme Court of Appeal presided over by Judge Mohammad bin Ali Al Khalifa and Naji Abdullah as a secretariat upheld 3-year jail term against 4 appellants over arson and assembly case.
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Court Issues 5-Year Jail Term against 2 Defendants over Burning Tires in Buri
2017-03-13
The Fourth High Criminal Court sentenced 2 defendants (19 and 23 years) to 5 years in prison after convicting them of assembling and burning tires in Buri.
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Court Upholds 10&7-Year Jail Term against 2 Defendants over Assembling in Diraz
2017-03-13
Bahrain's Supreme Court upheld 7-year jail term against a suspect and 10-year jail term against another one over assembling in Diraz.
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Appeals Court Hands down 10&13-Year Jail Term to 4 Defendants Accused of Setting Patrol to Fire
2017-03-13
Bahrain's Supreme Court upheld 10-year jail term against 3 defendants and 13-year jail term against another one over burning patrol, assembling and acquiring ammunitions.
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3&5-Year Jail Term Handed down to 6 Defendants Accused of Assembly
2017-03-08
The Fourth High Criminal Court secretariat sentenced 3 defendants to 5 years in prison and 3 others to 3 years over assembly case and ordered the confiscation of seized items.
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Appeals Court Upholds 10-Year Jail Term against Suspect in Assembly Case in Manama
2017-03-08
The Supreme Court of Appeals ignored the objection of a suspect sentenced to 10 years in prison over assembling. The first-instance court had sentenced 3 suspects to 3 years in prison and another one to 10 years.