The first Minor Criminal Court scheduled February 7, 2016, to rule the sentence in the case of prominent Shiite cleric, Sheikh Bashar al-A’li, accused of insulting The Council of Representatives through an Instagram post.

The Bahraini Appeal Court upheld a death penalty verdict against a citizen, and a life imprisonment sentence against 14 others accused of killing a Jordanian officer in clashes in the town of Dumistan, wester of the capital Manama.

The Supreme Court of Appeal found innocent a police officer and five policemen, in the case of torturing a defendant, after his story contradicted before the prosecution, court, and special investigation unit, with that of his brother, who was the second witness.

The Bahraini Fourth High Criminal Court handed down 6-month jail term to 3 suspects over burning tires in Salmabad.

The Bahraini Fourth High Criminal Court sentenced 2 suspects (22 and 28 years) to 3 years over planting a hoax bomb.

The Bahraini Fourth High Criminal Court sentenced a defendant (24 years) to 3 years in prison and ordered the confiscation of seized items.

The Bahraini Fourth High Criminal Court acquitted two suspects of planting hoax bomb, setting fire, making riots, assembling as well as acquiring Molotov and ordered the confiscation of seized items.

The Bahraini Fourth High Criminal Court sentenced five defendants to 3 years in prison and ordered the confiscation of seized items.

The fourth High Criminal Court decided to adjourn the trial of 24 defendants in the case of murder of 2 police officers, and the attempted murder of 6 others. The trials, along with that of al-Wefaq member Sheikh Hassan Isa, who is accused of financing a terrorist group, was adjourned until January 18, 2017.

Bahrain’s Cassation Court upheld a verdict ruling the 2 year and 1 month imprisonment against activist Ibrahim Karimi, for running an account on Twitter.

A Manama court on Thursday adjourned the trial of Bahraini opposition leader and rights activist Nabeel Rajab for a fourth time and rejected calls for his release, judicial sources said.

The second High Criminal Court of Appeals rejected the appeal of two defendants and dropped their right to appeal to the case charging them with breaking the door of “Al-Khaif” Mosque in the town of Al-Dair, and destroying the security cameras there.

The High Criminal Court issued a prison verdict in the case of 2 employees at the Interior Ministry (General Directorate of Traffic), along with a third defendant.

The Supreme Court of Appeal amended the first instance court’s life sentence verdict to a 15-year imprisonment verdict against three defendants accused of planting an explosive to kill police officers in the town of Al Dair.

A Bahraini court adjourned on Thursday (December 15, 2016) the trial of prominent human rights activist and president of Bahrain Center for Human Rights until December 28, with his continued detention.

The High Criminal Court adjourned the case of 138 defendants until January 11 to listen to the attesting witness. The defendants were accused of establishing and joining the "Zulfiqar Brigades", collaborating with Iran's Revolutionary Guards, blasting 19 bomb attacks and planting hoax bombs in several areas across Bahrain.

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.

The Fifth High Criminal Court sentenced a defendant to 7 years in prison and another one to 5 years and ordered the confiscation of seized items over the case of planting a hoax bomb.

Bahrain's appeals court on Monday upheld a nine-year jail sentence against opposition chief Sheikh Ali Salman, a judicial source said, the latest move in a crackdown on the Shiite majority.

Bahrain’s High Appeals Court upheld on Monday (December 12, 2016) a nine-year jail sentence handed down to opposition leader and Al-Wefaq Secretary-General Sheikh Ali Salman.